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Cards In This Set
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Clara Barton
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the first woman to go onto a battlefield in the United States to nurse the wounded soldiers; later, she set up the American Red Cross
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Red Cross
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a society organized to help the wounded and homeless during wars and such disasters as floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes
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When was Clarissa Harlowe Barton born? where?
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She was born on December 25, 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts
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What did her family teach her?
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how to read before she was 5, to ride horses, how to play ball like a boy, arithmetic, sew, cook, and do housework; all about wars & fighting battles
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How did Clara find out she was a good nurse?
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Her brother David was hurt badly when she was 11. She became his nurse for 2 years. The doctor said she was a "born nurse"
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What did Clara become & why?
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She enjoyed helping others, so she became a schoolteacher in a one-room schoolhouse while she was still a teenager.
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What did she do to get control of the big boys in her class?
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She joined the ball game at recess & could throw a ball better than the boys and could outrun the biggest boy.
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What & where did Clara do after many years of teaching?
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She moved to Washington, D.C. She was one of the first women in the United States to work in a government job.
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How did she help the soldiers of the Civil War?
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She helped nurse them, feed them, and bandage their wounds.
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What did Clara decide that she must do about the soldiers.
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She decided that she needed to go to the battlefield to help the wounded because it was her duty to love & serve her country.
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What did Clara do when the first army officer told her she could not go the battlefield?
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She just kept asking army officers until she found one that said yes.
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What did Clara do after the war?
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Her doctor said she needed a long rest & should go to Europe. She did.
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What did Clara see while she was in Europe?
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She saw a group called the International Red Cross provide aid for the wounded soldiers in the war between France & Germany.
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Why was Clara called "Angel of the Battlefield"
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She went from one battlefield to another where she cooked food & helped the wounded & dying soldiers. The soldiers appreciated her & nicknamed her this.
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What did Clara decide to do when she saw the Red Cross in Europe?
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She decided to start a Red Cross in the United States to help in peacetime. They would help with floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, & fires.
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