https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg en-us 2022-02-08 19:16:02 UTC 2022-02-15 17:12:28 UTC hello@padlet.com tsuh2 https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2036339506 She was the youngest child of Stephen and Sarah Barton’s five children.]]> 2022-02-08 19:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2036339506 tsuh2 https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2036364729 She died of pneumonia at age 90 in her home ]]> 2022-02-08 19:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2036364729 tsuh2 https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2036396015 When her older brother fell off a barn roof at the age of 11, she gained her first nursing experience. She stayed by his bedside for nearly two years, applying leeches and dispensing medicine. He recovered completely from severe cranial trauma.]]> 2022-02-08 19:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2036396015 tsuh2 https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2038723027 To overcome her intense shyness, Barton was recommended from a traveling phrenologist (is the belief that the shape of a person's skull can reveal information about their personality) to become a teacher. Despite the fact that the phrenologist's advice was not medically sound, Barton worked as a teacher for ten years. She even established the first public school in Bordentown, New Jersey. However, she resigned after learning that the school had hired a man for twice her salary, claiming that she would never work for less than a man.]]> 2022-02-09 19:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2038723027 tsuh2 https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2038754489 At the age of 59, Barton risked her life to bring supplies and assistance to soldiers in the field during the Civil War, and she led it for the next 23 years.]]> 2022-02-09 19:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2038754489 tsuh2 https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2038790394 The sacrifices she has made during the Civil War including the over 22,000 missing soldiers she had helped relocate, it has given her the name "Angel of the Battlefield". To add, Barton was an untrained nurse. Although formal nursing education courses existed prior to the Civil War, they were uncommon. The majority of Civil War nurses were untrained volunteers.]]> 2022-02-09 19:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2038790394 tsuh2 https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2038790765 Clara Barton had a serious influence on how and where women can provide health care services and assistance throughout wartime. As more than just a humanist, she furthermore presented the nation to the Red Cross, one of several largest and most important humanitarian and emergency relief organizations.]]> 2022-02-09 19:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2038790765 tsuh2 https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2041082373 Not everything was perfect in Barton's Red Cross. She was said to be a self-sufficient workaholic who fiercely guarded her vision of what the Red Cross should be. She, too, was depressed, but nothing rallied her more than an urgent call for help. Her authoritarian leadership style and alleged mismanagement of funds forced her to resign in 1904.]]> 2022-02-10 19:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tsuh2/df9eaw0svu940jcg/wish/2041082373