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Born: 25 December 1821
Birthplace: North
Oxford, Massachusetts
Died: 12 April 1912
(natural causes)
Best Known As: Founder
of the American Red Cross
Civil War nurse Clara Barton founded the American Red
Cross. Barton was a teacher and a U.S. Patent Office clerk before
devoting herself to nursing in the American Civil War (1861-65). She
earned the nickname "the angel of the battlefield" and in 1864 was
named superintendent of all Union nurses. In the 1870s, officials of
the International Red Cross invited her to help form a branch of the
service in the U.S.; she agreed, and led the American Red Cross for
its first 26 years.
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