My healthcare hero that I’m researching is Clara Barton. She is the person who found the American Red cross. During the civil war she served as a volunteer to provide aid to wounded soldiers. She also requested supplies from the public and then after she got the supplies she personally delivered them to the soldiers on the north and the south. Treaty of Geneva In 1869 she went to Geneva‚ Switzerland to rest and improve her health. There she learned about the treaty of Geneva which provided relief
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Clara Barton once said‚ “This conflict is one thing I’ve been waiting for. I’m well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can’t be a soldier‚ I’ll help soldiers.”Throughout her lifetime of philanthropy‚ Barton never failed to show her kindred spirit to everyone she encountered‚ from students to soldiers. Born on Christmas Day in 1821 in Oxford Massachusetts‚ Barton was the youngest of five children‚ being at least ten years younger than her other siblings. At a young age
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Jane Srygley Mouton Biography She was born on the 15th day of April‚ 1930 at Port Arthur‚ Texas. Her father‚ Theodore Quarles Srygley‚ was an educator and her mother‚ Grace Stumpe Srygley‚ was a psychologist. She married an investor‚ Jackson‚ C. Mouton‚ Jr. on December 22‚ 1953. The Moutons had two daughters named Jane Martha and Jacquelyn Cruse. Jane Srygley Mouton received her Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Education from the University of Texas at Austin in 1950 and later returned to complete
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giving you some background information on The American Red Cross.) Body I. "My business is staunching blood‚ and feeding fainting men." - Clara Barton A. Also known as Clarissa Harlowe Barton‚ Clara Barton‚ or Clara as she preferred to be called‚ was then and is now one of the many women who played an extremely influential role in American History. 1) Clara Barton was the nurse that founded The America Red Cross in 1881 and led it for 23 years. 2) She led by example‚ having empathy and understanding
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Born December 25‚ 1821 in Oxford‚ Massachusetts Clarissa Harlowe Barton‚ Clara At the age of 15 she became a teacher She opened up a public school in New Jersey for both the rich and poor She later worked at the U.S. Patent Office She was also the first women to be employed in the federal government Red Cross is an organization that helps people in a crisis. They help prevent and help people suffer less when these emergencies happen. They help these people by getting volunteers and getting
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stand and fight‚ I can stand and feed and nurse them"-Clara Barton. She is known as Clara Barton but she was born Clarissa Harlowe Barton‚ and Clara was a smart‚ and intelligent women. Her mother Sarah Barton gave birth to her on December 25‚ 1821 in a North Oxford hospital in Massachusetts. Her parents‚ Stephen and Sarah‚ knew she was a special baby because she was born on Christmas Day. Clara was the fifth of four other siblings. When Clara was three her parents thought it would be a good idea
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relief items to people in the United States‚ and in 2015 committed 1 million dollars to the earthquake relief project in Nepal. Clara Barton‚ the founder of the American Red Cross‚ knew about disasters‚ as she was a nurse in the civil war. She also knew about adversity‚ being born in the early 1800’s meant she would have to push hard to make a change in the world. Clara Barton’s life was a testament to the belief that all people should be treated equally‚ from the way she immediately answered the
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Clara Barton was an amazing woman and a true humanitarian according to Burton (1995). Born on Christmas day in 1821 to a middle class family in Oxford‚ Massachusetts‚ Barton would someday be famous and honored for her contributions to society and for laying the foundation of the American Red Cross. Barton began her career at a young age; she began teaching school in her late teens. She taught school for 14-years in New Jersey before quitting after the school hired a male principle at almost
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Running Head: American Red Cross American Red Cross Melissa Chaney Public and Community Health HCS/457 Professor Nancy Donegan August 2‚ 2010 American Red Cross The American Red Cross was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton in Washington D.C. The American Red Cross states that their mission is “The American Red Cross‚ a humanitarian organization led by volunteers‚ guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement‚ will provide
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Clara Josephine Wieck was born on September 13th‚ 1819 in Leipzig‚ Germany. She was born into music‚ as her whole family growing up played an instrument. Her father Friedrich Wieck made a living as a first-rate piano teacher‚ and it was he who taught Clara and her mother Marianne. He even gave lessons to Clara’s future husband‚ Robert Schumann. After Clara’s parents divorced after eight years of marriage‚ she went to live with her father at the age of five. Friedrich Wieck saw the talent his daughter
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