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Publisher: National Park Service Division of Publications
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 80
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the life and times of Clara Barton. Provides a guide to the Clara Barton National Historic Site and related National Park Service sites.
Author: Clara Barton
Publisher: anboco
Published: 2016-09-30
Total Pages: 157
ISBN-13: 3736415486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKClara Barton, humanitarian and founder of the American Red Cross, spent the last 15 years of her life in a house in Glen Echo, Maryland, now known as Clara Barton National Historic Site. Here her contributions to American life and her personal achievements are memorialized. Here you can see many of her personal effects and some of the awards given to her. Here, too, you can learn of the substance of her life and see how she lived and worked. From Glen Echo, you can go on to several other National Park System sites associated with Clara Barton: Antietam, Andersonville, Manassas, Fredericksburg, and Johnstown. Together these diverse sites document her life, her work, and her legacy. Begin here at her house and fill in details of her life as you come across them at the other sites. For example, the lumber you see in the building at Glen Echo was originally used as temporary housing for victims of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood in 1889. After Clara Barton and the Red Cross finished helping the injured and the homeless in that city, the structure was dismantled and shipped to Washington, D.C. Two years later, the materials were used at Glen Echo to construct a national headquarters for the American Red Cross. The new building had essentially the same lines as the Johnstown structure with various alterations to accommodate the needs of the American Red Cross and Clara Barton herself. Initially she planned to use this building as a warehouse for American Red Cross supplies. Six years after its construction, the building was remodeled and used not only as 7 a warehouse, but also as the headquarters of the new organization and as the residence for her and her staff. The structure served all purposes well. Clara Barton did not distinguish between herself and the organization she founded. The lines were blurred; she was the Red Cross, and the Red Cross was Clara Barton. That is evident here in the house, for she did not separate living space from working space.
Author: United States. National Park Service
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 2
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Marian Moser Jones
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
Published: 2013-01-07
Total Pages: 646
ISBN-13: 1421408236
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe iconic relief organization’s activities over a half century of history, through wars, epidemics, and other disasters: “Well-researched . . . fascinating.” —Julia F. Irwin, Bulletin of the History of Medicine In dark skirts and bloodied boots, Clara Barton fearlessly ventured onto Civil War battlefields to tend to wounded soldiers. She later worked with civilians in Europe during the Franco-Prussian War, lobbied legislators to ratify the Geneva conventions, and founded and ran the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross from Clara Barton to the New Deal tells the story of the charitable organization from its start in 1881, through its humanitarian aid during wars, natural disasters, and the Depression, to its relief efforts of the 1930s. Marian Moser Jones illustrates the tension between the organization’s founding principles of humanity and neutrality and the political, economic, and moral pressures that sometimes caused it to favor one group at the expense of another. This book tells the stories of: • U.S. natural disasters such as the Jacksonville yellow fever epidemic of 1888, the Sea Islands hurricane of 1893, and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake • crises abroad, including the 1892 Russian famine and the Armenian massacres of 1895–96 • efforts to help civilians affected by the civil war in Cuba • power struggles within the American Red Cross leadership and subsequent alliances with the American government • the organization’s expansion during World War I • race riots and massacres in East St. Louis, Chicago, and Tulsa between 1917 and 1921 • help for African American and white Southerners after the Mississippi flood of 1927 • relief projects during the Dust Bowl and after the New Deal An epilogue relates the history of the American Red Cross since the beginning of World War II and illuminates the organization’s current practices and international reputation.
Author: United States. National Park Service
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2023-10-28
Total Pages: 161
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book Clara Barton National Historic Site, Maryland dives into the rich history and significance of the site dedicated to the life and work of Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross. Written with a combination of historical facts and personal anecdotes, the book provides a detailed exploration of Barton's contributions to the field of nursing and humanitarian efforts. The literary style is informative and engaging, making it a must-read for those interested in American history and women's contributions to society. Set in the context of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the book sheds light on the challenges Barton faced in her mission to provide aid to those in need. The author does a commendable job in highlighting Barton's resilience and determination, making her an inspirational figure for readers of all ages. The Clara Barton National Historic Site, Maryland is a significant tribute to a remarkable woman whose legacy continues to impact the world today. Readers interested in delving into the life of a pioneering female figure in American history will find this book both enlightening and captivating.
Author: Clara Barton
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Published: 1904
Total Pages: 714
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Clara Barton
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 79
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Susie King Taylor
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Published: 1902
Total Pages: 142
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Elizabeth Brown Pryor
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2011-06-29
Total Pages: 475
ISBN-13: 081220090X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWidely known today as the "Angel of the Battlefield," Clara Barton's personal life has always been shrouded in mystery. In Clara Barton, Professional Angel, Elizabeth Brown Pryor presents a biography of Barton that strips away the heroic exterior and reveals a complex and often trying woman. Based on the papers Clara Barton carefully saved over her lifetime, this biography is the first one to draw on these recorded thoughts. Besides her own voluminous correspondence, it reflects the letters and reminiscences of lovers, a grandniece who probed her aunt's venerable facade, and doctors who treated her nervous disorders. She emerges as a vividly human figure. Continually struggling to cope with her insecure family background and a society that offered much less than she had to give, she chose achievement as the vehicle for gaining the love and recognition that frequently eluded her during her long life. Not always altruistic, her accomplishments were nonetheless extraordinary. On the battlefields of the Civil War, in securing American participation in the International Red Cross, in promoting peacetime disaster relief, and in fighting for women's rights, Clara Barton made an unparalleled contribution to American social progress. Yet the true measure of her life must be made from this perspective: she dared to offend a society whose acceptance she treasured, and she put all of her energy into patching up the lives of those around her when her own was rent and frayed.
