Clara+Barton-Sumin

Clara Harlowe Barton

1. Who is your "I am..." person? What made you interested in this person? My "I am" person is Clara Barton. At first i chose her because she was almost only women in the list. I wanted to see how a women affected the civil war and how she is important. Because most women at the time usually were at home.

2. Explain what you already knew about your "I am..." person prior to beginning your research. I knew almost nothing about this person. I just knew that she was from the civil war period, a women. Thats all I knew.

3. What are some of the questions that came into your mind about your person while researching? What did you wonder about? I wondered how she became such an affective leader. Also about her youth and how that affected her personality. My Historical Question is...?
 * How is the Red Cross and example of Clara Barton's life?

Primary Sources Visual http://steeleonentertainment.blogspot.com/2009_02_08_archive.html

http://www.clarabarton-hd.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/Barton_plaque.360115304.jpg

http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/photo_exhibits/spanishamerican/

Secondary Sources http://womenshistory.about.com/od/bartonclara/a/clara_barton.htm

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara-Barton

www. civilwarhome.bartonbio.htm

americancivilwar.com/women/cb.html

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