Clara Barton: The Heart of American Red Cross

Introduction From childhood to death Clara Barton is committed to helping others. The most memorable thing is her job as a battlefield nurse and the American Red Cross during the Civil War. Burton is also a defender of human rights. Equality rights to all men, women, blacks and whites. She worked at the American Equal Rights Association and has established relationships with civil rights leaders such as Anna Dickenson and Frederic Douglas. Her determination and selflessness are incredible, she became one of the most remarkable nurses in American history.

I am writing this article about Clarasa Harlowe Barton, Clara Barton. I show how Clara Barton became a pioneer of medical care in America. My thesis explores her assistance to soldiers in the great fight between Clara's life as a founder of the Red Cross and the Civil War. - Abraham Lincoln, self-taught early American, grew into a poor and characteristic family (Donald) in an unlikely environment at the border with the United States. Lincoln built himself in a world that makes him disappointed, "From the humble origin of Kentucky to the important position of Illinois legal and political world, then to the president's top" (Donald np)

On May 21, 1881, Clara Barton and a group of acquaintances established the American Red Cross in Washington, DC. When he visited Europe after the civil war, Burton first heard about the Swiss style International Red Cross movement. After returning home she exercised for the American Red Cross and approved the protection of the Geneva Convention worn by the war ratified by the United States in 1882. Barton led the Red Cross for 23 years, during which he carried out the first domestic and foreign relief efforts, helped the US military during the Spanish-American war, and successfully adopted peace-time relief activities in the International Red Cross movement. The so-called "amendment of the United States" initially encountered some resistance in Europe.

In 1869 Clara Barton visited Geneva, Switzerland as a member of the International Red Cross. In 1880, the American Red Cross was founded. This is the climax of Burton's 10 year work. Until 1904 she served as the first president of the organization and continued the charitable tradition as a Cuban volunteer during the Spanish-American war.