Talk:Clara Barton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page. | ||
| ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the Project's quality scale. Please rate the article and then leave a short summary here to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article. [FAQ] | ||
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)
Contents |
[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
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??!!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.82.9.58 (talk • contribs).
- He wasn't. Seriously-that is a big lie because before her father died he told her to fight for her country as a PATRIOT!!!
