“I am a U.S. soldier you know [...] and, as I am a soldier, and not a statesman, I shall make no attempt at discussing political points with you.”
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Clara Barton
Clarissa Harlowe Barton was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing education was not very formalized, and she did not attend nursing school, she provided self-taught nursing care. Barton is noteworthy for doing humanitarian work and civil rights advocacy at a time before women had the ri…
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culture · American Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross (1821–1912) · nurse · diarist · philanthropist · teacher · humanitarian · author · writer · also Clara Barton, Clarissa Barton, Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton, Clarissa Harlowe Barton, Clarisse Harlowe Barton, Barton
Born 25 December 1821 · Died 12 April 1912 · Q188039
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2026· 6 entries
NYS Music: GVCA Announces Clara Barton Folk Opera Workshop
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Legacy obituary: John Sarisky Obituary (2026) - Clara Barton, NJ - Flynn and Son / Mitruska Funeral Home - Fords
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Public attention spiked: 4,999 Wikipedia readers in one day, 10.2× the usual 489, with 0 article edits.
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U.S. News & World Report: Clara Barton Elementary
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U.S. News & World Report: Clara Barton Hawthorne Elementary School
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2025· 2 entries
The Hoya: GU History Seminar Collaborates on Clara Barton Research with Historic Site
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Yahoo: American Red Cross Founder Clara Barton Didn't Start Career as a Nurse—but Instead as an Educator
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2022· 1 entry
Although the second and third floors of the house remain closed, due to "structural concerns"
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2021· 1 entry
Yahoo: Clara Barton: From Civil War hero to American Red Cross founder
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2019· 3 entries
The Hill: Clara Barton: A shining example of the success of American women
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Wall Street Journal: ‘Clara Barton’s Civil War’ and ‘Louisa on the Front Lines’ Review: Conquering New Territory
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Barton was announced as one of the members of the inaugural class of the Government Executive magazine's Government Hall of Fame
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2018· 1 entry
PBS: Women's History: Clara Barton
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2008).
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1997· 1 entry
General Services Administration carpenter Richard Lyons was hired to check out the building for its demolition
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Maryland Women's Hall of Fame (1987).
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1975· 1 entry
The Clara Barton National Historic Site, located at 5801 Oxford Road, Glen Echo, Maryland, was established as a unit of the National Park Service at Barton's home, where she spent the last 15 years of her life
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1973· 1 entry
Awarded National Women's Hall of Fame (1973).
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1948· 1 entry
Barton was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973
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1925· 1 entry
Clara Barton Post Office Building, at 14 Walnut Street in Bordentown, New Jersey
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1912· 3 entries
Died in her home at the age of 90 due to pneumonia
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Died 1912-04-12.
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“To this day my seat on a saddle or on the back of a horse is as secure and tireless as in a rocking chair, and far more pleasurable.”
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1904· 1 entry
At the age of 83 because her egocentric leadership style fit poorly into the formal structure of an organizational charity
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1896· 1 entry
Responding to the humanitarian crisis in the Ottoman Empire of the Hamidian massacres, Barton arrived in Constantinople February 15
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1888· 1 entry
“Industrial Gains of Women during the Last Half-Century”
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1884· 1 entry
Helped in the floods on the Ohio river, provided Texas with food and supplies during the famine of 1887, took workers to Illinois in 1888 after a tornado, and that same year took workers to Florida for the yellow fev
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1881· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (1881–1904).
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1871· 1 entry
After the Siege of Paris, and in 1871 had charge of the public distribution of supplies to the destitute people of Paris
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1870· 1 entry
Assisted the Grand Duchess of Baden in the preparation of military hospitals and gave the Red Cross society much aid during the war
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1869· 2 entries
During her trip to Geneva, Switzerland, Barton was introduced to the Red Cross and Dr
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Barton closed the Missing Soldiers Office and headed to Europe
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1864· 1 entry
Was appointed by Union General Benjamin Butler as the "lady in charge" of the hospitals at the front of the Army of the James
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1863· 2 entries
Wrote, "Gods [sic] will not mine be done – I am content, how I wish I could always keep in full view the fact and feeling that God orders all things precisely as they should be – all is best as it is
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Rebuffed a request from a Copperhead Democrat, T
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1861· 1 entry
The Baltimore Riot resulted in the first bloodshed of the American Civil War
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1858· 1 entry
Under the administration of James Buchanan, she was fired because of her "Black Republicanism"
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1852· 1 entry
Was contracted to open a free school in Bordentown, which was the first ever free school in New Jersey
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1838· 1 entry
And served for 11 years in schools in and around Oxford, Massachusetts
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1833· 1 entry
When Barton was eleven years old, she acted as a nurse to her brother David for two years after he fell from the roof of a barn and suffered a severe head injury
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1825· 1 entry
When she was three years old, Barton was sent to school with her brother Stephen, where she reportedly excelled in reading and spelling
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1821· 1 entry
Born 1821-12-25.
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