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1) Is Clara Barton an important woman in Civil War history?

2) Analyze Barton's actions during the war. Did she change the way women were viewed at the time?

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Figure 6 Secondary Source/Timeline from National Park Service

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Figure 6 Secondary Source/Timeline from National Park Service

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This web-based source has a detailed timeline of Clara Barton's life before, during, and after the war.

National Park Service. (2015). Clara Barton Chronology 1821-1860-Clara Barton NHS. Retrieved from, https://www.nps.gov/clba/learn/kidsyouth/chron1.htm

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Clara Barton Chronology 1821-1860 - Clara Barton National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)

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This stone tribute from the Red Cross memorializes the difference Barton made during the war.

American National Red Cross, The Fairfax County Chapter. (1961). Clara H. Barton Memorial Statue. Retrieved from http://www.workingnurse.com/articles/Clara-Barton-Founder-of-the-American-Red-Cross

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"I was only a woman, whispering in one ear-and the groans of suffering men-dying like dogs-unfed and unsheltered, for the life of the very inhalations which had protected and educated me-thundering in the other." Clara Barton did so much to help but still felt like a woman who could do more.

Barton, C. & Barton, C. (1860) Clara Barton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1849 to 1947; Speeches and lectures; War lectures, 1860s. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss119730804/.

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Clara Barton needed permission to help soldiers on the battlefield. Surgeon General William Hammond signed this pass to allow her to work with him and bring supplies.

Hammond, W. Gen., (July 11, 1862). Clara Barton’s Military Pass. Retrieved from The American Red Cross, http://www.redcross.org/about-us/who-we-are/history/clara-barton

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Clara Barton, pictured below, in 1862.

Clara Barton, carte-de-visite album, ca. 1862. Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction information: Reproduction No.: LC-USZC4-6307

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This is the U.S. Patent Office, before the Civil War began. Clara Barton worked here as a recorder and copyist.

Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery. (1860). U.S. Patent Office Building. Retrieved from http://civilwar.si.edu/smithsonian_pob.html#