Tamara Hollingsworth

Clara BartonAngel of the Battlefield

Publishing CreditsDona Herweck Rice, Editor-in-Chief; Lee Aucoin, Creative Director; Conni Medina, M.A.Ed., Editorial Director; Jamey Acosta, Associate Editor ; Neri Garcia, Senior Designer; Stephanie Reid, Photo Researcher; Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.A.Ed., Publisher

ConsultantGlenn Manns, M.A. Teaching American History CoordinatorOhio Valley Educational Cooperative

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ISBN 978-1-4333-1592-3 ©2011 Teacher Created Materials, Inc.

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Image Credits

cover Library of Congress; p.1 Library of Congress; p.4 National Photo Company Collection; p.5

Keith R. Neely; p.6 Keith R. Neely; p.7 (top) Mircea Bezergheanu/Shutterstock, (bottom) The

Clara Barton Birthplace Museum; p.8 The Granger Collection; p.9 (top) Library of Congress,

LC-USZ62-108567, (bottom) The Clara Barton Birthplace Museum; p.10 Vespasian/Alamy; p.11

The Granger Collection; p.12 Flight Collection/Newscom; p.13 Keith R. Neely; p.14 The Granger

Collection; p.15 AridOcean/Shutterstock; p.16 The Granger Collection; p.17 Kevin T. Quinn/

Flickr; p.18 Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images; p.19 (top) DoD/Newscom, (bottom) Library

of Congress, LC-DIG-npcc-30783; p.20 Library of Congress, LC-DIG-hec-07801; p.21 (top)

Library of Congress, LC-DIG-hec-07144, (bottom) The Granger Collection; p.22 North Wind

Picture Archives/Alamy; p.23 Library of Congress, LC-USZC4-7763; p.24 Library of Congress,

LC-USW33-042496; p.25 Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-117316; p.26 Pvmoutside/Wikimedia;

p.27 (top) John Kropewnicki/Shutterstock, (bottom) Blamstur/Flickr; p.28 (left) Keith R. Neely,

(right) The Granger Collection; p.29 (left) Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-19319, (right) North

Wind Picture Archives/Alamy

Table of ContentsYoung Clara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Nurse Clara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Clara and the Red Cross . . . . . . . . 18

Time Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Americans Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

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Young ClaraClara Barton was born on Christmas

Day in 1821 . She lived in Massachusetts

(mas-uh-CHOO-sits) . She had two older

brothers and two older sisters . They

taught her many things .

Clara’s home

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Clara’s older sisters taught her how to read .

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Clara liked to help people . When she

was 11 years old, her brother David fell

off a roof . Clara became his nurse . She

stayed home from school for two years to

care for him .

Clara taking care of David

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David grew up to be a soldier in the Civil War .

Clara put leeches on her brother . This was a common cure at the time .

Fun Fact

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