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Clara Barton, is also known as Angel of the Battlefield, because of her consistent work with the soldiers.

Clara Barton

“Angel of the Battlefield”

             Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821 in North Oxford Massachusetts. She was the youngest of five kids, so her siblings taught her before she went to school. At the age of seventeen, she became a teacher in Massachusetts's 9th District. Eventually she established a school in North Oxford and then she opened a free school in Bordentown, New Jersey. After the board wouldn’t offer her a position as the head of the school and instead offered it to a man, she moved to Washington DC where she worked as a clerk in the US Patent Office.

             In 1862, she was granted permission to deliver supplies to wounded soldiers. In 1864, Clara Barton was appointed the superintendent of nurses. Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in 1881, which helps communities prepare for disasters. She was the head of the American Red Cross for twenty-two years and she resigned as head of the Red Cross in 1904. She received many awards including: the Iron Cross, Cross of Imperial Russia, and the International Red Cross Medal.

             Clara Barton died on April 12, 1912 in her home outside of Washington DC.

Treaty of Geneva

1864

 

             The Convention of Geneva was held in 1864 and it helped make the International Red Cross possible. 12 Nations had signed the Treaty of Geneva but America had not. Clara Barton convinced the United States to Sign the treaty of Geneva.