Talk:Clara Barton

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The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 22:12, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

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I think that it's important to note that professionally speaking, Clara Barton was not a nurse, as is often portrayed. In her early life, she was a schoolteacher and was trained as such.

The difference is simply a matter of semantics. While she did, on many occasions, nurse fellow human beings (using "nurse" as a verb), she was never, strickly speaking, a nurse (using "nurse" as a noun).

Frequently, when she's discussed in

-I go to school at Iowa State and live in [Barton] hall, named after Clara. However, I have been unable to find any information about why the dorm is named after her. Can anyone else help with this obscure information? Elindstr 05:44, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

-I live in Tucson, Arizona, and teach high school there. I looked "everywhere" for a Clara Barton High School in Tucson, as it was listed in the article, but I didn't find the slightest evidence for such a school. Thus, I removed it from the article. However, if there is one that I merely overlooked, I apologize, and would be delighted to know where it is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DrDHMenke (talk • contribs) 17:09, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] dansville

http://dansville.lib.ny.us/clara.html I believe the first red cross chapter was in Dansville NY, perhaps this should be encorporated.

[edit] Barton High School in New Jersey

I removed the phrase "which is now Barton High School in New Jersey" from the sentence regarding the public high school she established, as there doesn't appear to be a school by that name in NJ. There is a Clara Barton High School in Brooklyn, NY, though. Anyone know if there is a descendant of the school she founded in NJ? -- Mwanner | Talk 18:05, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:ClaraBarton.JPG

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Is this pictured useful for this page ? -- PFHLai 21:51, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DAR membership

Barton was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. If someone wants to work it into the later life section, here is a php cite for it: <ref name="dardazzlingdaughters">{{cite web| title = Dazzling Daughters, 1890-2004| work = Americana Collection exhibit| publisher = DAR| url = http://www.dar.org/americana/currexhib.cfm| accessdate = 2006-10-08 }}</ref>. The category [[Category:Daughters of the American Revolution|Barton, Clara]] should also be added, once it is supported in the article. - Crockspot 01:25, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Father

If her father was a Captain Under Anthony Wayne in the American Revolution, why was he a loyalist??!!—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.82.9.58 (talk • contribs)

He wasn't.That is a big lie because before her father died he told her to fight for her country as a PATRIOT!!!
She was inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame in 1973.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.125.113.221 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Possible link to Clara Barton items on “Himetop – The History of medicine topographical database”

I suggest that somebody, interested in this page, could insert an external link to the following page describing, with pictures, some Clara Barton’s memories: http://himetop.wikidot.com/clara-barton


I don’t do it myself because I’m also an Administrator of this site (Himetop) and it could be a violation of the Wikipedia Conflict of Interest policy. Thanks for your attention.

Luca Borghi (talk) 10:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)