How Did Clara Barton Influence The American Red Cross

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“I may be compelled to face danger, but never to fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.” This quote from Clara Barton explains that she is a was a very strong woman. She was a nurse of many, an educator, a leader, but most of all she was a friend. Clara Barton impacted the United States because she founded a major organization, created and lead a public school in New Jersey, and she and a team of others were a great help for president Abraham Lincoln and the government in 1865. She was determined to help America, and she did exactly that.
Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born on December 25, 1821 in North Oxford Massachusetts. She grew up in a small cottage with her
Clara wanted to help people in a different way. Clara made the decision to create The American Red Cross. American Red Cross is an organization that provides emergency assistance in the United States. They are usually volunteers, donors, and partners who help people who were injured by disasters around the world. They have done many things to help our country. American Red Cross helps with disasters like wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, and many more. They respond very fast so that they can make sure you get safe quick. Clara and the Red Cross have made a major impact all over the world. They have helped and saved many lives. Clara was the leader of the American Red Cross for twenty-three years before she had to depart from the organization. American Red Cross wasn’t the only time Clara volunteered to help people. On April 12, 1861, the South fired on Fort Sumter. Abraham Lincoln was president at the time. He declared war and asked seventy-five thousand soldiers to defend Washington. They soon agreed to the call. The war kept growing and growing and soon innocent soldiers were getting injured. Clara and her sister, Sarah, helped nurse the wounded soldiers. Clara delivered sewing kits, wrote letters, gave out paper and other things to help as much as she
This was followed by bronchitis, but she pulled through. In 1911, she visited her home in North Oxford. Christmas brought her ninetieth birthday and also brought double pneumonia. She was faced with life or death on most days. She wrote “I dreamed I was back in battle. I waded blood up to my knees. I saw death as it is on the battlefield”. Two days later, April 12, 1912, sadly she had passed away peacefully. She was given a small funeral service, as requested and was buried in a cemetery in North Oxford next to her parents. Clara dedicated her life to others on and off the battlefield. She was remembered for nursing others, educating others, and discovering missing soldiers during war. I believe that the United States would not be the same without her because she never gave up. She put others before herself at desperate measures and made sure everyone was safe. She is a huge inspiration and part of why America is who we are