Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Clara Barton
Born: December 25, 1821
Died: April 12, 1912 (aged 90)
Bio: Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton was a pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and patent clerk.
Known for:
- The story of my childhood (1907)
- The Red Cross in peace and war (1898)
- A Story Of The Red Cross (1902)
- LIST OF THE UNION SOLDIERS BUR