Clara Josephine Wieck was born on September 13th‚ 1819 in Leipzig‚ Germany. She was born into music‚ as her whole family growing up played an instrument. Her father Friedrich Wieck made a living as a first-rate piano teacher‚ and it was he who taught Clara and her mother Marianne. He even gave lessons to Clara’s future husband‚ Robert Schumann. After Clara’s parents divorced after eight years of marriage‚ she went to live with her father at the age of five. Friedrich Wieck saw the talent his daughter
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Clara Barton Clara Barton was a true pioneer and humanitarian. She is a well known woman in American history due to her participation in the Civil War and her founding of the American Red Cross. She became a teacher at a time where most teacher’s were men. She was one of the first woman to ever be hired by the Federal government and was an inspiration for all women during her lifetime and forever after NATURE Clara Barton loved nature through her natural ability to nurture. As a very caring and
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December 25‚ 1821 in Oxford‚ Massachusetts‚ youngest in her family. Clara’s siblings teased her because she unfortunately had a lisp. Clara grew up going to a Universalist church. Clara’s career started out working as a teacher in Bordentown‚ New Jersey until 1853‚ even starting her own school. In 1854 Clara went to Washington to work in the patent office. Clara requested and made the same salary of the men even though back then people treated women unfairly. She remained working there until her
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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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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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Clara Barton Clara Harlow Barton was born on December 25‚ 1821 in Oxford‚ Massachusetts. She was the youngest of five children. Clara was taught at home and started teaching school when she was only fifteen years old. Her only nursing background was having the experience of nursing her injured brother back to health. Clara Barton is known for founding the American Red Cross. She is also known for establishing the free pubic school in Bordentown‚ New Jersey. Clara started her career by enrolling
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CLARA BARTON NUR 4720 CLARA BARTON Clara Barton was one of the most dedicated nurses and influential women of her time. She changed the course of nursing. Her name is second only to Florence Nightingale’s in the history of nursing. She was born on Christmas day‚ 1821 in Massachusetts. She became a teacher at the young age of seventeen. Along with becoming a teacher she also opened up a free school in New Jersey. Under her
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Research Paper- Clara Barton Clara Barton was born in Massachusetts during 1821. As a student‚ she learned many different subjects‚ and worked hard to receive an adequate education. Even as a young child Clara succeeded in helping others. At the age of 11 when her older brother David became ill‚ Clara became his “bedside nurse”. She tended to all of David’s needs and became adept at handling the leaches that was part of his treatment for nearly two years. She also helped tutor the poorer
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Clara Bow was an American silent film actress. She appeared in 46 silent films and 11 talkies‚ her movies sold the most box-office tickets in 1928 and 1929 and and again in 1927 and 1930. Her performance in films was said to have set out sponserse . she first got famous when we was in a silent film in the early 1920s. she soon became the “it girl” of the 1920s Clara Bow was born in Prospect Heights‚ Brooklyn on July 29 in 1905‚ she had two older sisters born in 1903 and 194 but sadly they died
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and citizens. Most people only focus on the impact of it on the soldiers‚ but never take the time to think how it impacted the women at home and on the battlefield. The idea of a woman’s role in society has been ever-changing‚ and still is to this day. There was always a sense among women that they lacked in jobs and respect when compared to their male counterparts‚ but society never saw it‚ until the outbreak of the Civil War‚ that is. The Civil War was the turning point for women because it gave
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