![]() These experiences would prove beneficial, and at times crucial, to her humanitarian work later in life. Young Clara helped nurse him back to health. When she was eleven, Clara’s older brother David fell off a barn roof and was bedridden for the following two years. At home, Clara loved to hear her father’s war stories. She attended school, where she excelled despite her shy demeanor. However, Clara’s childhood wasn’t all bad. Her siblings were more parents than playmates. The youngest child, with four much older siblings, Clara did not have an easy childhood. Let’s Back Up a BitĬlarissa Harlowe Barton was born on Christmas Day (December 25 th) 1821 in Massachusetts. That didn’t stop her from getting involved, making a difference, and ultimately changing the world. ![]() Biography Clara Barton was thirty-nine and on her second career when the Civil War started. ![]()
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