Woman of Valor
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (648 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0029234050 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 537 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
When the Civil War broke out, Clara Barton wanted, more than anything else, to become a Union soldier. She made her way to the front lines and supplied medical relief to the victims of some of the most famous battles of the war. After the war she became the founder of the Red Cross. Two 8-page inserts.. Determined to serve, she became instead a one-woman relief agency
"Real Protrait of a Real Woman" according to A Customer. As a nurse I have heard and read about Clara Barton for years. This book finally reinvents the tired images - melodramatic icon of female self sacrifice and courage, angel on earth and of the battlefield - and offers the reader a compelling, warm and. "Educational and Entertaining to read. A must have book!" according to A Customer. Mr. Oates has done it again. You will know Clara Barton ambitions, downfalls, her emotions as well as her eager drive and personal duty to serve those who suffered so much during the Civil War years.The contents of this book will jump out at you and . Randy Gibson said A Woman Born in the Wrong Time. Stephen Oates is an outstanding narrative historian and a first-rate biographer. In this volume, he explores the life of one of the most remarkable woman in American history. Clara Barton was absolutely unwilling to accept the limited, simplistic rol
. He interprets her work as an act of self-discovery and part of a larger trend in which American women were finding a new sense of their collective worth. Overcoming her initial inhibitions and demonstrating that women were more broadly capable than had been accepted, Barton, who founded the American Red Cross, opened the door for women in professions and politics during the second half of the 19th century. From Publishers Weekly Prolific biographer Oates ( Abraham Lincoln ) uses both primary and secondary sources in addressing the Civil War career of Clara Barton (1821-1912). An "angel of the battlefield" who succored the wounded while under fire, Barton also raised funds and supplies through a network of women's support groups, while challenging the conventional belief that nursing was inappropriate for respectable women. Oates here makes a useful contribution