“It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.”

About Clara Barton

Nurse • American

Clarissa 'Clara' Harlowe Barton was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She served as a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk before her groundbreaking...