Clara Barton's Accomplishments

Throughtout the history of The United States of America, there are some people that are unforgettable because of their accomplishments, their acts of heroism, their undeniable devotion to their cause, or simply because of their acts of selflessness. Clara Barton was one of those unforgettable, and selfless people, because during her time alive, she was an educator, a millworker, a nurse, and became the founder and president of The American Red Cross Foundation.

Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821 in Massachusetts. She was born into a family of four, two brothers and two sisters. Her parents were Stephan and Sarah Barton, a militia man and a home maker. Stephan was a non-commissioned officer in the French and Indian Wars, which made his military habits and tastes hard to dismiss. He had an undying admiration for horses and became one of the first to introduce blooded stocks, with large lands in England, he raised his own colts and highlanders. He told Clara many war stories, he even drew maps, made models of battles and explained war strategies. 1 As a child, she had two older sisters to learn from, and as they transformed into teachers, Claras' education became the main priority. Therefore, she excelled at reading and spelling, took up

Before Clara, stood the shell of the man that her brother once was, all the strength gone. Even with the fever gone, David still had many persistent sypmtoms, such as insomnia, nervousness, and dyspeptic. The councils of physicans sat around in judgement, and could only reccommend ways to release his pain but could not produce a finiate cure for his illness.12 For the next two years, Clara transformed herself into her brothers own private nurse, using all the treatments she could to help release her brother from the agonizing pain, if only for a