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CLARA BARTON
  • By: Mary Catherine Rose
  • Presented By:
  • Conner Gonzales






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1821
  • Clara Barton was born in 1821 Christmas
    • morning.
  • She had two brothers and two sisters.
  • Clara was the youngest .
  • She lived in Massachusetts.
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The Right Job
  • Clara was a shy person.
  • Her first job was a teacher.
  • She was very small.
  • She could play sports better than her students.
  • Her students  were very surprised.
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SOLDIER OF MERCY
  • Clara found the right job.
  • She wanted to be a nurse in the war.
  • A couple years later she was elected President of the Red Cross.
  • She helped many people in the war.
  • Clara worked all night and all day long.


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OLD LIFE
  • 1883 Clara returned to the UNITED STATES from CUBA.
  • She established a branch of the RED CROSS.
  • She helped in floods, epidemics, as well as victims of the war.
  • At the age of 77 CLARA became a battle nurse  again.
  • She died 13 years later at the age of 90.