Clara Barton

CLARA HARLOWE BARTON

2007

Introduction /Thesis Statement

This entitled , Clara Barton ' intends to reintroduce the aforementioned by tackling her family background . Furthermore , it also aims to mention her religious faith . Moreover , it also plans to state the major motivations for her having an extreme passion for nursing . In addition to that , this will also affirm her achievements . Also the establishment of the American Red Cross will be briefly described Plus , the institutions established /locations named in her honor will also be enumerated . Last but not least , her retirement will also

quickly be looked into

Family Background

Clara Harlowe Barton was born in 1821 on a Christmas Day in Oxford Massachusetts (Faust , 1991 . Furthermore , she was born to a middle-class family wherein she is the youngest of all five children (Faust , 1991 Her father , Stephen , keeps himself busy by breeding horses , farming , and involving in politics (Clara , n .d . Her mother , Sarah , takes care of the household chores (Clara , n .d . Both Clara Harlowe Barton 's parents were abolitionists (Faust , 1991 . Interestingly , she was only taught at home (Clara , n .d . At the age of four , she could already spell (Clara , n .d . She was very brilliant , thus , she was able to impart her knowledge and began teaching in school at the age of fifteen in spite of her shyness (Faust , 1991 . Her sisters taught her academics and her brothers on other things like riding the horse (Faust , 1991

Religion

When it comes to Clara Barton 's religious belief , she is categorized as Deist-Unitarian (Faust , 1991 . She also advocated freethought and deism (Faust , 1991 . However , in the late part of her life , she claimed herself to be a Universalist (Faust , 1991

Major Motivation for having an Extreme Passion for Nursing

When Clara Harlowe Barton 's brother met an accident in an unfinished barn , Clara took care of him (Faust , 1991 . This occurrence taught Clara the techniques of administering medicines (Faust , 1991 . She also learned how to utilize leeches in the recovery of a sick person (Faust 1991 . This is her primary motivation for nursing (Faust , 1991

In addition to that , a relative of hers , named , Martha Ballard , who served as a midwife for thirty years , and delivered a little over one thousand eight hundred babies inspired Clara Harlowe Barton as well (Faust , 1991

Achievements

Clara Barton achieved so much in her lifetime and some of these are the following

First of all , at only seventeen , Clara Barton , already became a teacher (Clara , n .d

Secondly , a complimentary public school in Bordentown , New Jersey has been established (Faust , 1991 . This is quite an achievement because this is a product of Clara Barton 's passion and desire (Clara , n .d Interestingly , it has been built after only ten years of teaching experience (Clara , n .d

Thirdly , she had a formal training in writing and languages in New York (Clara , n .d

Fourthly , Clara Barton was also able to institute a new school in New Jersey after her formal training aforementioned (Clara...