Barton, Clara

1. A reformer and nurse of the nineteenth century, who founded the American Red Cross in the 1880s. She had organized nursing care for Union soldiers during the Civil War.

Example Sentences

I called my friend's attention to the fact that once upon a time the invisible God said to the invisible Clara Barton: "Clara, let us go out onto the battle-field where the poor soldier boys languish and die;" and Clara responded to His thought and love.

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