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(1821-1912) Dubbed "the Angel of the Battlefield" during the Civil War, Clarissa "Clara" Barton cooked food, brought supplies, and assisted surgeons on the battleground. Following the war, Miss Barton procured presidential approval to enstate the first federal office to record names of missing, wounded, and dead soldiers; she was also part of the expedition to establish the first National Cemetery in Andersonville, GA. Her decade-long efforts to organize humanitarian aid led to the founding of the American Red Cross, of which she served as president for 23 years.
Selected performance sites:
Living History Days, Round House Museum, Belchertown, July 06
Family Resource Center at Clara Barton Birthplace Museum, N. Oxford (MA), May 06
Wells (ME) Public Library, March 06
Civil War Round Table, Hamden (CT), June 05
Moses Greeley Parker Speaker Series, Lowell (MA), March 03
First Unitarian Church, Norwell (MA), May 02
N. Oxford (MA) Public Library, October 01
Winchester Public Library, October 01
Weymouth Historical Society, April 01
Clara Barton Birthplace Museum, N. Oxford (MA), October 00
Clara Barton Birthplace Museum, N. Oxford, April 00
Mansfield (MA) Historical Society, September 99
Clara Barton Birthplace Museum, May 99
First Unitarian Universalist Parish, Mendon (MA), March 98
N. Oxford (MA) Women's Club, October 97
Mass. National Guard Military Museum, Worcester, September 97
Millbury (MA) Historical Society, June 97
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