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Clara Barton

American humanitarian
Also known as: Clarissa Harlowe Barton
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Clara Barton (born Dec. 25, 1821, Oxford, Mass., U.S.β€”died April 12, 1912, Glen Echo, Md.) was the founder of the American Red Cross. Barton was educated at home and began teaching at age 15. She attended the Liberal Institute at Clinton, N.Y. (1850–51). In 1852 in Bordentown, N.J., she established a free school that soon became so large that the townsmen would no longer allow a woman to run it. Rather than subordinate herself to...

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