Clara Barton
(1821–1912)

Clara BartonAnecdote...

Miss Barton, who never bore grudges, was once reminded by a friend of a wrong done to her some years earlier. "Don't you remember?" asked her friend. "No," replied Clara firmly. "I distinctly remember forgetting that."


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The door that nobody else will go in at, seems always to swing open widely for me. —Clara Barton

 

Biographical Note...

Founder and president (1882-1904) of the U.S. Red Cross. Well-spoken and well-read, at the age of 15 Clara Barton began teaching at schools near her home town. Barton offered to teach without salary if tuition were waived. She


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