DECEMBER 25, 1821- APRIL 12, 1912

FOUNDER OF RED CROSS

Clara Barton

WHERE SHE WAS BORN• Clara was born at North Oxford,

Massachusetts.

WHERE CLARA WORKED• Clara worked as a teacher at nearby

schools.• Then later on taught at Bordentown,

New Jersey.

CLARA BARTON’S IDEA• She brought up the Bureau of Records

to Abraham Lincoln and he approved it.• This would allow her to find missing

soldiers during the Civil War, which she helped locate about 20,000 soldiers.

WHAT SHE STUDIED• She studied French, German, ancient

history, and science.

WHERE SHE WENT TO SCHOOL• Clara Barton went to Clinton Liberal

Institute in New York.

CLARA’S LIFE• Clara has never married or had kids.• At age fifteen, Clara taught at local

schools.

HISTORY EVENTS DURING HER LIFE TIME

• New Mexico and California becomes a part of the U.S. (1846- 1848)

• The Civil War (1861- 1865)

WHO INFLUENCED CLARA BARTON?• Her dad used to tell her stories about

war.• Her brother was sick and she needed to

take care of him.

SOURCES• http://library.thinkquest.org/5940/cchildhood.html• http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ba-Be/Barton-Clara.html• http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/bart-cla.htm• http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1800s.html• http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/lincpix/last.jpg• http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_

QjRD1qokf6E/TE9V-IvfNlI/AAAAAAAAClE/G8llaXUliUk/s400/clara_barton.jpg

• http://www.aahn.org/features/graphics/PhilaShort%20Course%201903.jpg http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/mvgw/images/clinton_liberal_institute-300.jpg

• http://www.civilwaracademy.com/images/Barton-1850.jpg• http://whitmania.com/pdpdpd/album/rwm1a.jpg• http://biblelessonsite.org/flash/images195/slides/p_0016.jpg• http://farm1.staticflickr.com/6/89684515_24cbe49bb8_z.jpg

ADDITIONAL FACTS• Taught to kids who couldn’t afford to go to

school.• Helped bandage her brother when he fell off

of a barn.• Had four siblings.• Died in Maryland at the age of 91.