Ji+Heon+K.+-+I+am+Clara+Barton

For my "I am" project, I am doing Clara Barton. Clara Barton is known for organizing the American Red Cross and for being the President of the American National Red Cross for twenty-two years. Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. She became a teacher in Massachusetts at the age of 17 and later moved to Washington D.C. and began work as a clerk in the U.S. Patent Office. When the Civil War began, she refused to take a salary from the government and dedicated herself aiding soldiers. While I was researching, some questions that came to my mind were, what would have happened if Clara Barton had not helped find the Red Cross? Another question I got was, what led Clara Barton to help organize the Red Cross?


 * Primary Historical Question:**
 * Why did Clara Barton give up all her jobs as a school teacher and as a clerk and decide to nurse the soldiers during the Civil War?**

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 * "I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them." -[|Clara Barton]
 * “I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.” -[|Clara Barton]

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