Clara Barton Accomplishments

“We who have seen war, never stop seeing it.” She was born on December 25, 1821 in Massachusetts, where she found her love for horseback riding and excelled in reading and spelling. As a shy child, Nancy Fitts was her only known friend; but in order to treat her shyness and depression, her parents sent her to a different high school which ended up being a total catastrophe. From time to time she was somewhat in vain about her appearance, particular her hair, which led to her depression. “She first found her calling when she tended to her brother David after an accident.” (Biography.com Editors) Her intense devotion to serve others resulted in enough achievements to the serve several ordinary lives. Clara Barton is one of the utmost
While visiting Europe, she worked with a relief association and pushed for an American outlet for the better of the soldiers that she was committed to. “In Europe she became associated with the International Red Cross (now Red Cross and Red Crescent), and after her return to the United States in 1873 she campaigned vigorously and effectively for that country to sign the Geneva Convention.” Barton risked her life to bring supplies and support to soldiers in the field during the Civil War, and her successes didn’t halt there. Age was only a number of Barton, and no matter what time brought her, she brought them in with open
“Founder of the National First Aid Association of America: emphasized basic first aid instruction, emergency preparedness, and the development of first aid kits.” These improvements made it easier to get what the injured needed as fast as possible, to ease away the agony of war and wounds. With a nickname of “Angel on the Battlefield, she lived up to it day in and day out and was none the less kind. “Humanitarian: (adj.) Concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare.” (dictionary.com) Clara Barton personally led many relief expeditions to victims of forest fire, flood, hurricane and battle. Most soldiers that she met with were fighting more battles than just the war itself, and she helped not only bandage their injuries, but she helped them get stronger. It’s one thing to fix something, but making it stronger is what she lived for, it was one of many things that kept the fire in her heart. Her unforgotten determination to win was not only present on a battlefield, but with the angels she worked