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Clara Barton

Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She worked as a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, and as a teacher and patent clerk. Barton is noteworthy for doing humanitarian work at a time when relatively few women worked outside the home. She had a relationship with John J. Elwell, but never married.

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I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat?

It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cann ...

My business is stanching blood and feeding fainting men; my post the open field between the bullet a ...

The Red Cross in its nature, it aims and purposes, and consequently, its methods, is unlike any othe ...

I have never worked for fame or praise, and shall not feel their loss as I otherwise would. I have n ...

I founded the American Red Cross.

While soldiers can stand and fight.I can fight and feed them

Long ago I added to the true old adage of "What is everybody's business is nobody's business," anoth ...

Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business.

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I ...

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.

“I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man's wor ...

“What could I do but go with them [Civil War soldiers], or work for them and my country? The patri ...

“Others are writing my biography, and let it rest as they elect to make it. I have lived my life, ...

“This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to ...