Clara Barton is best remembered for founding and leading the American Red Cross. However‚ she had many more contributions to the United States that have earned her the right to be honored on a stamp and her home being recognized as a National Landmark. Clara Barton‚ as a school teacher‚ provided education to all children and stood up for equal pay for women. When she became a clerk‚ she again managed to bring attention to women’s rights. Then when the American Civil War broke out she wanted to
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Clara Barton’s Historical Contributions to Nursing This document will discuss the life of Clara Barton‚ the time frame in which she lived‚ events that happened when she was alive‚ and the explanation of how this information was and still is relevant to nursing. Clara Barton was born in December 25‚ 1821 in Oxford‚ Massachusetts and passed away at her home in Glen Echo‚ Maryland‚ on April 12‚ 1912. Clara Barton was an educator‚ a nurse and the founder of the American Red Cross. A shy‚ generous woman
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Sarah Bates 2/2/13 P-2 Final of Clara Barton “My business is staunching blood‚ and feeding fainting men."‚ Clara Barton once wrote according to the Clara Barton Birthplace museum‚ 2010. One of the most important humanitarians and courageous people that has ever lived is Clara Barton. Barton posses the qualities and fits the definition of courageous through her actions as she encounters life of helping to aid soldiers in very extreme surroundings‚ donating munificently to the war‚ and trying
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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
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Clara Barton (American Red Cross) Clara Barton was a woman with a dream and ambition. Clara’s first job was a schoolteacher. She was one of the first female schoolteachers because at that time most teachers were all males. During this time‚ Barton being the brave woman that she was would bring supplies to the soldiers during the Civil War. She supported the troops and was willing to risk her life to do so. Clara started the American Red Cross in 1881 at age 60 and ran it for 23 years. Carla’s goal
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On September 1st 1939‚ the Nazis had invaded Poland. The life of the 15 year old girl‚ Clara Kramer‚ wasn’t ever bound to be the same again. Clara Kramer was a typical Polish teenager from a small town named Zolkiew where thousands of Jews resided. At the sudden uproar of World War II. Clara and her family decided it was a good idea to go into hiding. They were taken in by a family called the Becks‚ a Volksdeutsche (ethnically German) family from their town. Mrs. Beck was a Catholic woman who worked
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Blake Lively (1987- ) Blake Lively was born in Tarzana‚ California on August 25‚ 1987. The daughter of actors Elaine Lively and Ernie Lively‚ the youngest of five children‚ Blake showed potential from an early age. Her first role was Trixie‚ the Tooth Fairy in the 1998 movie Sandman‚ directed by her dad‚ Ernie Lively. Her big break came along a few years later with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. In 2005 Blake was finishing high school when she got the co-starring role of Bridget. After
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of each other. Finny was jealous of Gene being able to get such good grades without really studying and Gene was jealous of Finny being so athletic. George and Lennie became friends because of Lennie’s aunt Clara. Geoge knew Aunt Clara and she used to take care of Lennie. But‚ when Aunt Clara died Lennie had no one to take care of him so George had to step in and take care of Lennie. Both friendships became very strong but they developed in different ways. The friends were always there for each other
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Clara Barton’s real name is Clarissa Harlowe Barton and was born in North Oxford‚ Massachusetts on December 25‚ 1821. From ages one to four‚ Barton was homeschooled. When Barton turned four‚ her parents‚ Captain Stephen and Sarah Barton‚ enrolled her into Colonel Richard Stone’s school. She did well in her studies‚ but she was too shy to make friends or to play with anyone. At the age of eight years old‚ she had not made a single friend. To remedy this‚ her parents sent her to a boarding school to
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youths are unemployed mainly because they do not have the educational qualifications or in other words they tack they compulsory subjects. Question three asked the respondents have they ever worked before. The ratio of yes and no is 18:7. From this analysis it can be cant that the youths of Greiggs had word before. Of the 25 percent chosen by the sampling method 18 of them have had working experience prior to the collection of the questionnaires. The remaining 7 persons have never had any working experience
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