CLARA BARTON

BORN/DIED

• December 25, 1821 Oxford, Massachusetts
• April 12, 1912, Glen Echo, MD

KNOWN FOR?

• Pioneer
• American teacher
• Patent clerk
• Nurse
• Humanitarian

MOST IMPORTANTLY

HOW SHE FIRST STARTED THE AMERICAN CROSS

• risked her life to bring supplies and support to soldiers in the field during the Civil War.
• found the American Red Cross in 1881 and led it for the next 23 years.
• Started supplies to the young men of the Sixth Massachusetts Infantry who had been attacked in Baltimore, MD
• provided clothing and assorted foods and supplies to the sick and wounded soldiers
• she read to them, wrote letters for them, listened to their personal problems, and prayed with them.

HOW IS SHE RELATED TO CATHOLIC TEACHING

• She helps others
• She shows the 7 tenets of catholic teaching
• Doesn't want anything in return
• Does kindness out of her heart
• Shows justice

HOW IS SHE A HERO

• She lived for 91 years helping and caring for others
• She saved plenty of lives and change the outcome
• She started the American Cross and did this out of the kindness of her heart
• She had a mission and she accomplishment and didn't stop