Clara Barton

(noun)

(December 25, 1821–April 12, 1912) A pioneer American teacher, patent clerk, nurse, and humanitarian.

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Examples of Clara Barton in the following topics:

  • Women and the War

    • Dorothea Dix and Clara Barton are among the most prominent nurses of the Civil War.
    • Barton, convinced by her father that it was her duty as a Christian to assist in the war effort, gained permission from Quartermaster Daniel Rucker to serve on the front lines, distributing stores, cleaning field hospitals, applying dressings, and serving food to wounded and ill soldiers.

  • Frontier Revivals

    • With the effort of such leaders as Barton W.

  • The Cuban Revolution

    • They had met no opposition on their journey from Santa Clara to Cuba's capital.

  • Fashion

    • Among actresses closely identified with the style were Olive Borden, Olive Thomas, Dorothy Mackaill, Alice White, Bebe Daniels, Billie Dove, Helen Kane, Joan Crawford, Leatrice Joy, Norma Shearer, Laura La Plante, Norma Talmadge, Clara Bow, Louise Brooks, and Colleen Moore.

  • The New Immigrants on Strike

    • Led by Clara Lemlich and supported by the National Women's Trade Union League of America (NWTUL), the strike began in November 1909.

  • Cinema

    • The period saw the emergence of box office stars, many of whom are still household names, such as Mae Murray, Ramón Novarro, Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Warner Baxter, Clara Bow, Louise Brooks, Bebe Daniels, Billie Dove, Dorothy Mackaill, Mary Astor, Nancy Carroll, Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, William Haines, Conrad Nagel, John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Dolores del Río, Norma Talmadge, Colleen Moore, Nita Naldi, John Barrymore, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Anna May Wong, and Al Jolson.

  • Early Efforts in Urban Reform

    • At a series of mass meetings, after the leading figures of the American labor movement spoke in general terms about the need for solidarity and preparedness, Clara Lemlich rose to speak about the conditions she and other women worked under and demanded an end to talk and the calling of a strike of the entire industry.

  • The Collapse of Nazi Germany

    • On April 27, partisans caught Mussolini, his mistress (Clara Petacci), several RSI ministers, and several other Italian Fascists while they were attempting to flee.

  • Exploration and Conquest of the New World

    • On the evening of August 3, 1492, Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships: a larger carrack, the Santa María ex-Gallega ("Galician"); and two smaller caravels, the Pinta ("Painted") and the Santa Clara, nicknamed the Niña ("Girl") after her owner Juan Niño of Moguer.

  • The Roaring Twenties

    • Actors and actresses including Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, John Barrymore, Greta Garbo, and Clara Bow became household names during the Roaring Twenties.