Originally published in 1919 as a portion of the author’s larger “Women in American History,” this Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 16 pages, describes the life and work of American teacher, nurse, and social activist Clara Barton.
Sample passage:
Over the battlefield a sharp wind was blowing. The suffering men lay shivering and half frozen in the bitter cold. Some were found famished under the snow. Clara Barton had all the wounded brought to one place and great fires built up. But that was not heat enough to warm them. What to do? She discovered an old chimney not far away. “Tear it down,” she ordered, “heat the bricks and place them around the men.” Soon she had kettles of coffee and gruel steaming over the fires, and many a life she saved at Fredericksburg.
About the author:
Grace Humphrey (born 1882) was an author of history whose other works include “Heroes of Liberty,” “Stories of Our Great Inventions,” and “Father Takes Us to Boston.”
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