Clara Barton is most renowned as the Civil War nurse who later
founded the Red Cross. Yet in everything she did, Clara strove to
make a difference. This important biography highlights many of her
lesser-known feats, including her early teaching career, work in
the U.S. Patent Office, and unceasing fight for women’s rights.
There are also sidebars on kids’ games, Civil War Medicine, Mystery
Person Florence Nightingale, Red Cross fast facts, and Glen Echo
Clara’s home, which is now a National Historic Site—as well as an
interview with Bonnie McElveen Hunter, Chairman of the American Red
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