Clarissa Harlowe Barton, or as many people knew her as Clara Barton for short. Clarissa Barton was born December 25, 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. Clarissa was not an only child she had four siblings named Sarah B., Dorthea B., David B., and Stephen B. But because of her sibling David, who got in a farm accident Clarissa became David’s nurse and nursed him back to health, because of David’s accident this showed Clarissa her love of helping people and wanting to become a nurse.

Clarissa Barton had a few jobs before becoming known as the president of the Red Cross Organization. Clarissa Barton became a teacher in 1838 and taught and lived in Georgia and Canada. Then in 1850 Clarissa went to Clinton Liberal Institute in New York to continue …show more content…
Clarissa Barton still working in the War Department at the Patent office noticed that her department would not be ready for the human trauma impact on the battlefields that was going to happen. Clarissa decided to gather as much supplies as she could get and organize them for the battlefield, then in the late summer of 1862 Clarissa Barton could now start helping in the Union. Some of the few battles Clara Barton worked at during the civil war was The Battle of Cedar Mountain, The Battle of Chantilly, The Battle of South Mountain, The Battle of First Manassas, and last but not least one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War The Battle of Antietam. Some of things Clarissa Barton did during the Civil War for the Union was aid soldiers that were wounded and hurt, collected and distributed supplies to the Union, and last but not least after the war Clara Barton helped reunite soldiers with their families, and became the first president of the Red Cross organization.

One of the greatest contribution Clarissa Barton did was care for wounded soldiers and nursing them back to health many called her “the Angel of the Battlefield”. And here are a few quotes from Clarissa Barton “I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.”- Clara Barton, this quote goes to show how devoted and passionate Clara Barton is about what she does. Another quote from Clara Barton is