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Clara Barton

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Clara Barton is remembered today for founding the American Red Cross, which provides assistance to the victims of both wartime and peacetime disasters. During the civil war, she helped organize the distribution of supplies for the soldiers, traveled to the battlefields to make sure that the wounded received nursing, and created an agency to locate missing soldiers. Barton's relief and humanitarian efforts were rewarded with many medals including the Cross of Imperial Russia and the Iron Cross of Germany.

This is part of Chelsea House Publishers' American Women of Achievement series. This ebook contains the complete text from the print version.


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ATOS Level:7.9
Interest Level:K-3(LG)

Clara Barton is remembered today for founding the American Red Cross, which provides assistance to the victims of both wartime and peacetime disasters. During the civil war, she helped organize the distribution of supplies for the soldiers, traveled to the battlefields to make sure that the wounded received nursing, and created an agency to locate missing soldiers. Barton's relief and humanitarian efforts were rewarded with many medals including the Cross of Imperial Russia and the Iron Cross of Germany.

This is part of Chelsea House Publishers' American Women of Achievement series. This ebook contains the complete text from the print version.


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