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Clara Barton  

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  • Civil War Nurse, Founder of the American Red Cross Clara Barton was the most famous of many women who worked heroically to provide care and comfort to wounded Civil War soldiers. In so doing, she and others like her raised the nation's standards for the care of its fallen soldiers. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Barton, Clara]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-J0JKNVQW-8

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