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American Red Cross

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Clara Barton is born on December 25, 1821. As an young adult, she become a teacher and, later, a clerk in the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C. then the Civil War took her live in a very different direction. Clara travel to the front lines of battle as a nurse. In 1881, she would founded the American Red Cross. Since that time, the Red Cross has benn an active force in helping countless victim in there time of need.

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Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821. As a young adult, she became a teacher and, later, a clerk in the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C. Then the Civil War took her life in a very different direction. Clara traveled to the front lines of battle as a nurse. In 1881, she would found [or "she founded"] the American Red Cross. Since that time, the Red Cross has been an active force in helping countless victims in their time of need.

 

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