{"id":2150,"date":"2012-10-07T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-07T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2014-08-06T10:29:28","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T14:29:28","slug":"clara-barton-and-the-american-red-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/clara-barton-and-the-american-red-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Clara Barton and the American Red Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Red Cross or Red Crescent is a volunteer-led, humanitarian movement that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education worldwide.\u00a0 This movement began in Europe in 1861, and now include member organizations with over 97 million volunteers, members and staff in countries across the globe.<\/p>\n

In the United States the American Red Cross is counted on in emergencies like hurricanes, earthquakes, and other disasters.\u00a0 This is an organization with a very good reputation for assisting people in need in the United States and around the world.<\/p>\n

The Red Cross was brought to America by a woman named Clara Barton in 1881.\u00a0 Her story is an amazing story both for her time and today.\u00a0 American\u2019s often learn about Clara Barton and her work when they are in elementary school.\u00a0 I imagine many non-Americans have not heard her story.\u00a0 Today I thought I would tell Clara Barton\u2019s story here, in order to introduce you to an inspirational American woman, who some call an American hero, who died 100 years ago this year.<\/p>\n

Clara Barton the youngest of five children raised in America in the 1800\u2019s.\u00a0 She became a school teacher at age 17 and even opened a free school, the first of it\u2019s kind, in the state of New Jersey.\u00a0 She became frustrated with teaching when she could not become the principle of the school she founded, because she was a woman.<\/p>\n

After this, she moved to Washington, DC.\u00a0 There she became a clerk* at the US Patent Office. She was the first woman to receive a clerkship in the federal government and to be paid a salary equal to a man’s salary in the same position.\u00a0 When the American Civil War broke out in 1861 Barton wanted to help wounded** soldiers.\u00a0 She first began this work in the city of Washington, DC, but later traveled to the battle fields where soldiers fought, bringing food and supplies to help nurse them back to health.<\/p>\n

Helping wounded soldiers during the American Civil War is the work Barton is most known for.\u00a0 It was brave and dangerous work.\u00a0 Before her, no woman or man organized people to help wounded soldiers in the field.\u00a0 Because of her bravery many people sent Barton money and supplies to help her help the soldiers.<\/p>\n

After the American Civil War Barton traveled to Europe where she learned about the Red Cross.\u00a0 While in Europe she helped create a hospital for soldiers fighting in the Franco-Prussian War.\u00a0 She then returned to the United States to founded*** the American Red Cross.\u00a0 Barton was the leader of the American Red Cross from 1881-1904.\u00a0 She died in 1912 at 90 years old.<\/p>\n

Clara Barton\u2019s story is one of bravery and self-sacrifice.\u00a0 She never married and always put other people\u2019s welfare above her own.\u00a0 This is all the more impressive given that she did this in a time when women in American were not given the same rights as men and she had to fight for respect because she was a women.<\/p>\n

*clerk = a person employed in an office or bank to keep records and accounts
\n**wounded = hurt or injured
\n*** to found = to create or establish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

The Red Cross or Red Crescent is a volunteer-led, humanitarian movement that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education worldwide.\u00a0 This movement began in Europe in 1861, and now include member organizations with over 97 million volunteers, members and staff in countries across the globe. In the United States the American Red Cross is counted…<\/p>\n

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