Civil War Clara Barton Character Traits

One of the most influential nurses of all times was referred to as the “angel of the battlefield” more commonly known as Clara Barton. Her full birth name was Clarissa Harlowe Barton and she was alive from 1821-1912. Born in Massachusetts, she became a school teacher there at the age of eighteen. When she was thirty-three years old she decided to terminate her teaching career and peruse an opportunity to be employed as a recording clerk in a U.S. patent office in Washington D.C., where she would be making equal pay as her male counterparts. Clara Barton was working at the patent office in D.C. when the Civil war broke out in 1861. The 6th Massachusetts infantry were making their way to D.C. when they were attacked by the southern-sympathizers. When they arrived the infantry was in bad shape, Barton heard of their poor condition and offered supplies from her home, and her own help to aid the soldiers. Even as someone with no official medical knowledge, background, or training this was the first act that set up a lifetime of healthcare …show more content…
The experience with the camp led her to have a nationwide campaign to identify missing soldiers during the Civil war. She published names in newspapers and exchanged letters with veterans and families trying to identify them. After years of hard work during the battles and the exhausting efforts to try and locate and identify soldiers Barton was debilitated. Her doctor advised her to travel to Europe and regain her health in 1869. While in Europe there was an outbreak of war between France and Prussia. Clara Barton still ailed, joined relief efforts for French civilians. During that relief effort she was impressed by a new organization founded five years earlier called the Red Cross. The Red Cross was meant to help anyone who fell victim during wartimes no matter what side you were

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