Clara Barton was a pioneering American nurse who dedicated her life to helping others. She was born in Massachusetts in 1821 and was the youngest of five children. She was a teacher for many years before she decided to become a nurse. During the
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Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" 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. Barton is noteworthy for doing humanitarian work and civil rights advocacy at a time before women had the right to vote. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973.