Clara bartons teaching career

American Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross (1821–1912)

Clara Barton
Barton in 1865
Born	Clarissa Harlowe Barton (1821-12-25)December 25, 1821 North Oxford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	April 12, 1912(1912-04-12) (aged 90) Glen Echo, Maryland, U.S.
Resting place	North Cemetery in Oxford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Nurse, humanitarian, founder and first president of the American Red Cross
Relatives	Elvira Stone (cousin)

Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross.

She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing education was not then very formalized and she did not attend nursing school, she provided self-taught nursing care.^[1] Barton is noteworthy for doing humanitarian work and civil rights advocacy at a time before women had the right to vote.^[2] She