Women in the Civil War Leading up to the Civil War women’s lives were much different than they were during the Civil War. While the men worked away from home in factories‚ offices or shops‚ women were expected to stay at home. Their household was their pride and joy‚ it was their private place. Women wanted to provide a clean and comforting home for their husband and children. This was their job and they devoted all of their time to accomplishing this (history.com). Women’s Roles However‚ during
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During his active role in the Civil War‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ who was associated with the Republican party‚ was born in 1809 in a log cabin in Kentucky. He was one of the most intellectual and reasonable of the American presidents‚ coupled with the hardships he confronted during his teen years and early childhood‚ this served as a springboard that enabled him to accomplish his goals and bring an end to slavery. The story of American success cannot be complete without Lincoln. He shot his way from the
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Nurse Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross provides disaster relief at home and abroad‚ they fund blood drives to help soldiers and civilians‚ they provide certified courses in health and safety as well as education courses
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Civil War was also to cook‚ be spies‚ the duties of the man while in his absence. “Women worked in munitions plants‚ as clerks in government offices‚ and as a sales force in retail businesses.” Clara Barton a famous Civil War nurse‚ she followed the troops into battle and worked alongside doctors. Barton later founded the American Red Cross (Schultz‚ 2012). The war affected both the women on Union and the Confederate side because in the absence of the men‚ women had to ensure all the duties were
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trying to go to the front lines to assist a soldier who was injured‚ risking their own lives to help others. The most famous female nurse of the Civil War is Clara Barton. She was known as the “Angel of the Battlefield‚” and she became famous by traveling the country and telling stories of the events she witnessed during the Civil War. Clara Barton was so inspired by her work during the Civil War she would later go on to start the American Red Cross. The role of women during the Civil War would help
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September 12‚ 2011 Intro to Nursing History of the Nursing Nursing has played a big role in our past‚ present and will be in the future. Do we even know what nursing really is? Many people have interpreted it as “white uniforms‚ nursing cap‚ needles and bedpans” (Pg. 32). A nurse is defined as someone that tends to the patient needs but also shows commitment‚ caring‚ and dedication. “During the early Christian era men and woman spread the philosophy of Christianity while providing nursing
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points Parkman makes is that "it is conceivable [possible] that they might discover a [reason for fighting] when the men could not see it; and ... might vote in the majority that the men should fight." I could not disagree with this statement more. Clara Barton‚ the founder of the Red Cross‚ not only carried supplies to soldiers during the war‚ but she also nursed the wounded men on the
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OPINIONS ON THE CIVIL WAR. The northern and southern parts of the Unites States of America were politically‚ economically and culturally very different from one another. The people of the northern and southern colonies came to the new world for very different reasons and as time went on their differences grew. The differences between them originally divided their opinions on the civil war and who the people gave loyalty. THE PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH’S OPINION ON
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Different Era in the History of Nursing From Dark Ages to Renaissance (THE MIDDLE AGES) During the late middle Ages (1000-1500) -the crowding and poor sanitation in the monasteries nurses went into the community. During this era hospitals were built and the number of medical schools increases. Between 1500 and 1860 (A.D.) -the Renaissance all affected nursing. As nursing was not valued as an intellectual endeavor it lost much of its economic support and social status. The nursing
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When the American Red Cross was formed in 1881‚ Clara Barton had no idea of the many ethical dilemmas that it would face throughout its history. Starting at the top with the high number of turnover in management due to poor management‚ embezzlement‚ misappropriation funds to their slow response after the attack of September 11‚ 2001‚ and poor communications after hurricane Katrina‚ the ARC has been riddled with ethical problems (503-509). So much so that‚ in 2012 the organization was restructured
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