Early Life
Clara was born on this winter holiday in 1821 in the state of Massachusetts.
What is Christmas?
When the American Red Cross was finally founded, Clara served in this leadership position
What is President?
Because she arrived at field hospitals at midnight with supplies, she earned this "heavenly" nickname.
What is the Angel of the Battlefield?
This U.S. President gave Clara official permission to respond to letters about missing soldiers.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
You can wager any amount of your current points on this question: Did Clara help the Union or Confederate soldiers?
She helped Both.
To help her overcome her shyness, her parents persuaded her to enter this profession at age 17.
What is teaching?
This doctor introduced Clara to the Red Cross while she was traveling in Geneva, Switzerland
Who is Dr. Appia?
When medical supplies were low on the battlefield, Clara used these in place of bandages.
What are corn husks?
Clara ran a project called the Office of these types of soldiers
What are "Missing" soldiers?
You can wager any amount of your current points on this question: Clara Barton was famously known as the "Florence Nightingale of" this place.
What is America?
At age 11, Clara spent two years nursing this injured brother back to a full recovery.
Who is David?
Clara received the Iron Cross for her work during this specific war between 1870 and 1871.
What is the Franco-Prussian War?
This riot was the first bloodshed of the Civil War; Clara nursed 40 men at the railroad station afterward.
What is the Baltimore Riot?
Congress eventually gave Clara this many thousand dollars toward her project to find and bury soldiers.
What is 15 ($15,000)?
You can wager any amount of your current points on this question: What was the name of the main character in the Samuel Richardson book Clara was named after
Who is Clarissa (Harlowe)
Before she became a nurse, Clara was a pioneer for women in the federal government, earning an equal salary to a man at this office.
What is the U.S. Patent Office?
In 1904, Clara was forced to resign and was replaced by a "new generation" of these.
Who are scientific experts? (or males)
Clara provided medical care to the Black soldiers of this specific Massachusetts Regiment.
What is the 54th Regiment?
Despite her activism for Civil Rights and Suffrage, Clara stated she did not like to get involved in this.
What is politics?
You can wager any amount of your current points on this question: Before working for the government or the army, Clara Barton founded the very first version of this type of educational institution in the state of New Jersey.
What is a Free School?
Today, this many schools across the country are named in her honor.
What is 25?
After leaving the Red Cross, she founded this organization to continue her work in safety.
What is the National First Aid Society
While tending to a soldier at this specific island, a bullet tore through Clara's sleeve and killed the man.
What is Morris Island?
This respiratory illness was the cause of Clara’s death.
What is Pneumonia?
You can wager any amount of your current points on this question: Clara Barton was sent to school at age 3 with this specific brother, where she immediately excelled in reading and spelling.
Who is Stephen?