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Artifacts and Their Rationale

1 Leech in a Jar

- Clara Barton first tasted nursing at age 11 when she helped her brother recover

after a fall. She learned how to use leeches, a medical technique of the time, to

heal him.

2. Pass to Battlefield

- Women were not allowed on the battlefield during war. Clara was required to

have a pass from an officer or even the president to go reach out and help the

wounded men of the Civil War.

3. Clara Barton Nurse Outfit

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To

be properly and appropriately clothed, Barton wore a dress even on the

battlefield

as

it

was

disrespectful to dress in anything less. The angel of the

battlefield was known to wear a dress with apron.

4. Pictorial ofOther Females during the Civil War

- Clara Barton was not the only woman involved with the Civil War Many

females volunteered as nurses and other helpers. Some were even so brave as

to

fight as men or become spies.

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Clara Barton's Army Soup

- Although it wasn't the greatest, Barton's soup

of army biscuits, wine, water,

and brown sugar comforted many on the battlefield. She gave this out day and

night, working round the clock.

6 Pictorial

of

the Dead and Wounded

- Clara walked sleeplessly and was faced with the harsh realities ofwar. Death,

sickness, and loneliness plagued the soldiers leaving Barton with unbelievable

images that would follow her for the rest ofher life.

7 Letter from Clara to Family

of

POWlMissing Soldier

- Miss Barton was given the task

of

finding and identifying missing soldiers,

prisoners

of

war, and also dead men. She'd write to family members

of

these

heroes to tell of her findings.

8 Red Cross Armband

- Clara discovered the International Red Cross in Europe. She was of aid there

and wore an armband with the Red Cross emblem on it When the American Red

Cross was founded, this emblem symbolized help and aid in times

of

war and

peace

9 Pamphlet for Congress

- Barton strived for the American Red Cross to

be

recognized by the US Congress

as an international treaty.

To

achieve this, Clara created a pamphlet for congress

explaining the Geneva Convention and Red Cross.

to.

First Aid Kit

- One

ofMiss Barton's later accomplishments

was

that ofhelping come up with

the original first aid kits. This small and accessible tool forever changed the

practice ofnursing. t has a variety

of

helpful things in the case

of

an emergency.

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Clara Barton first tasted nursing at age 11 when she helped her brother

recover after a fall. She learned how to use leeches, a medical technique

of

the time, to heal him This was one of

my

most interesting and

fun

artifacts.

At

first I

wasn t

sure

on

how

to

create a leech

but

I got several ideas. I ended

up

buying some gummy worms and food coloring. I cut a gummy worm

in

halfand put it

in

some water that had been dyed with every color (which

turned out to

e

a muddy brownish black). Soaked overnight, the leeches

looked authentic enough to placed in their jar. They must have looked pretty

real because I fooled many people

by

telling them they were real leeches.

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Women were not allowed on the battlefield during war. Clara was

required to have a pass from an officer or even the president to go reach out

and help the wounded men of the Civil War. This artifact

w s

created y

using a font and the font being adjusted to fit the time period. I also dated the

document as when Barton actually was given pennission

to

first go to the

battlefield by Colonel Pucker. Then I signed it as the colonel for

authenticity.



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Clara Barton Nurse Outfit

(As seen

on

me)

To be properly and appropriately clothed, Barton wore a dress even on

the battlefield as it was disrespectful to

wear

anything less. The

a n g e l

ofthe

battlefield was known to wear a dress and apron. This artifact turned out to

be a real task for me. How could I find a 1800's style dress? My English

teacher was a real lifesaver and actually made the dress after I found a

pattern and the fabric at Wal-Mart.

If

time

had

allowed, I would have liked

to

put a hole through the sleeve

of

the dress as Miss Barton actually had a

bullet pierced through a dress ofhers. However, time did not permit this but

I was very pleased with my dress. It added to my presentation, especially

because I took the role

of

Clara Barton. That dress allowed me to become

this wonderful nurse and humanitarian.

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Pictorial ofOther Females during the Civil

War

Clara Barton was not

the

only woman involved with the Civil War.

Many females volunteered as nurses and other helpers. Some were even so

brave as to fight as men

or

become spies. Using the internet I looked

up

some other women who impacted

or

helped during the war.

In

my pictorial I

includedMary Tippee, a soldier; Sarah Thompson, a spy; Rose O Neal, a

spy; and Mary Edwards Walker, a doctor and soldier. The center picture is

that

of

none other than Clara Barton. This artifact was intended to show that

not only did Barton impact the Civil War but

the whole female gender did.

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Clara Barton's

Army

Soup

Although it wasn t the greatest, Barton s soup of army biscuits,

wine, water, and brown sugar coniforted many on the battlefield. She this

out day and night, working round the clock. This concoction actually calls

for wine but for school, I decided to leave that out of the soup. I did bake

biscuits and leave them out for a few days

to

get them somewhat stale,

which was the way they would have been in the 19

t

century. Water and

brown sugar were added to the biscuits for my presentation to make the

mushy, completely nasty looking army soup. Just by looking at it, one can

see that it probably

wasn t

so tasty.

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Pictorial ofDead and Wounded

Clara walked sleeplessly and was faced with the harsh realities ofwar.

Death sickness and loneliness plagued the soldiers leaving Barton with

unbelievable images that would follow her for the rest

of

her life. To create

this artifact I searched online for pictures

of

the Civil

War

that would help

truly capture what Clara Barton

saw

during her daily work on the

battlefields. Although morbid I meant to instill the thought ofgriefand

sadness when one looked at the poster of the images I collected.

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Letter from Clara Barton

to

Family

of

a

POW

Missing Soldier

Miss Barton was given the task of finding and identifying missing

soldiers prisoners of war and also dead men. She d write to family

members of these heroes to tell ofher fmdings. The actual letter was dyed in

tea before I wrote what I thought would have been said

by

Clara Barton. I

never found any evidence ofwhat her letters actually included. The

mortician tag that is included with this artifact is a copy

of

one that is used in

Civil War reenactments. My history teacher helped me get a hold of this and

I believe it added to the

r t ~ f c t

by

making

it

more real.



Red Cross Armband

Clara discovered the International Red Cross in Europe. She was

of

aid there and wore an armband with the ed Cross emblem on

i t

When the

American Red Cross was founded, this emblem symbolized help and aid in

times ofwar and peace. I debated over how I would create this but n the end

I simply took a handkerchief and used fabric glue to apply the red ribbon.

Folded up to about the size of an armband, the handkerchief looks like it

could be an armband.



Pamphlet for Congress

WI ATITIS

Y Cl M BAJtTON

Barton strived for the American Red Cross to be recognized by the

US

Congress as an international treaty. To achieve this, Clara created a

pamphlet

for

congress explaining the Geneva Convention and Red Cross.

Founded in Europe, the Red Cross was more than

just

an organization

to

help people, it was a treaty signed by multiple countries that were active

in

the cause. This treaty was the Geneva Treaty, or Geneva Convention.

To

create the pamphlet, I used a resource

of

mine, a video that showed the

actual pamphlet I jotted down a rough sketch

of

this and used

it to

create my

own. After typing it up and adding the border, I dyed the paper in tea to give

it an antique look. Later, the edges were also burned.

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First Aid Kit

One

of

Miss Barton s later accomplishments was that ofhelping come

up

with the original first aid kits. This small and accessible tool forever

changed the practice ofnursing. has a variety ofhelpful things in the case

of

an emergency. This artifact was actually a little difficult to make. I had

trouble fmding a container that would look authentic to the time period.

After numerous visits to Michaels and other craft stores, I settled for the box

used in my presentation. Inside, I put what I could fmd that was in the

original first aid kits: bandages and the ingredients for a mustard plaster.

Splints were also found in the kits but I could not fmd anything to be used

for that.

y

mustard plaster actually had what is needed for it; I looked up

the recipe online. The only other thing needed is a bit ofwater. The point

of

this artifact is to show how a simple innovation has evolved into what

it

is

today.

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