Clarissa Harlowe Barton was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk, and provided self-taught nursing care since nursing education was not yet formalized. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973.
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Barton founded the American Red Cross in 1881, modeled on the International Red Cross Movement she had encountered in Europe, and served as its first president until 1904.
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Clarissa Harlowe Barton was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing education was not very formalized, and she did not attend nursing school, she provided self-taught nursing care. ... She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973.
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Born: 1821-12-25
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Born: 1821-12-25
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Died: 1912-04-12
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Died: 1912-04-12
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How did Clara Barton become the founder of the American Red Cross?
She was a self-taught Civil War hospital nurse who founded the American Red Cross.
Clarissa Harlowe Barton was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She had been a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher and a patent clerk, and she provided self-taught nursing care because nursing education was not yet formalized. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973.
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