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Tamara Hollingsworth

Consultant

Publishing Credits

Glenn Manns, M.A.

Dona Herweck Rice, Editor-in-Chief ; Lee Aucoin,

Teaching American History Coordinator

Creative Director ; Conni Medina, M.A.Ed., Editorial

Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative

Director ; Jamey Acosta, Associate Editor ; Neri

Garcia, Senior Designer ; Stephanie Reid, Photo

Researcher ; Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.A.Ed., Publisher

Image Credits

cover Library of Congress; p.1 Library of Congress; p.4 National Photo Company Collection; p.5

Keith R. Neely; p.6 Keith R. Neely; p.7 (top) Mircea Bezergheanu/Shutterstock, (bottom) The

Clara Barton Birthplace Museum; p.8 The Granger Collection; p.9 (top) Library of Congress,

LC-USZ62-108567, (bottom) The Clara Barton Birthplace Museum; p.10 Vespasian/Alamy; p.11

The Granger Collection; p.12 Flight Collection/Newscom; p.13 Keith R. Neely; p.14 The Granger

Collection; p.15 AridOcean/Shutterstock; p.16 The Granger Collection; p.17 Kevin T. Quinn/

Flickr; p.18 Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images; p.19 (top) DoD/Newscom, (bottom) Library

of Congress, LC-DIG-npcc-30783; p.20 Library of Congress, LC-DIG-hec-07801; p.21 (top)

Library of Congress, LC-DIG-hec-07144, (bottom) The Granger Collection; p.22 North Wind

Picture Archives/Alamy; p.23 Library of Congress, LC-USZC4-7763; p.24 Library of Congress,

LC-USW33-042496; p.25 Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-117316; p.26 Pvmoutside/Wikimedia;

p.27 (top) John Kropewnicki/Shutterstock, (bottom) Blamstur/Flickr; p.28 (left) Keith R. Neely,

(right) The Granger Collection; p.29 (left) Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-19319, (right) North

Wind Picture Archives/Alamy

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Table of Contents

Young Clara

Clara Barton was born on Christmas

Day in 1821. She lived in Massachusetts

(mas-uh-CHOO-sits). She had two older

brothers and two older sisters. They

taught her many things.

Claras home

Claras older sisters taught her how to read.

Clara liked to help people. When she

was 11 years old, her brother David fell

off a roof. Clara became his nurse. She

stayed home from school for two years to

care for him.

Clara taking care of David

Fun Fact

Clara put leeches

on her brother.

This was a

common cure at

the time.

David grew up to be a soldier in the Civil War .

At age 16, Clara became a teacher.

She taught in a one-room schoolhouse.

People said she had a special gift. She

made her students want to learn.

Inside a one-room schoolhouse

At the time, teachers

would spank their

students. But Clara

never did.

The school where Clara taught

Nurse Clara

Clara was grown up when the Civil War

started. She wanted to help. She took

food and medicine to soldiers. She got

friends to send more supplies.

Fun Fact

This was

Claras office

during the Civil

War. Notice

Claras name

on the sign.

Clara helping a hurt soldier during the Civil War

Clara was brave. She went to many

battlefields . Many soldiers were hurt or

sick. Clara took care of them. President

Lincoln heard about her work. He gave

her a medal.

Fun Fact

Clara was called the Angel

of the Battlefield.

Hurt soldiers

Clara received a medal from President Lincoln.

After the war, Clara took a trip to

Europe (YUR-uhp). On her trip she learned

about the Treaty of Geneva (juh-NEE-vuh).

The treaty said how soldiers should be

treated.

A group of men meet to discuss the Treaty of Geneva

Clara was tired and sick.

She went to Europe to rest.

Europe

United States

Clara believed in the treaty. She

wanted the United States to sign it. She

worked for 10 years to make that happen.

Clara knew this would help American

soldiers.

A painting of Clara

Fun Fact

The red marks below are

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