Woman of inspiration

Today I have been doing a project over Clara Barton The founder of the American Red cross. She was a heroic women back in the 1880's when the civil war started. She was the first woman to be granted a permission to go in to the battlefields to aid the injured soldiers. Even though her first attempts of helping the soldiers was not successful she tried again and again, nursing the soldiers. She made an Organization to collect supplies to personally distribute it to the needy soldiers. Before the civil war she was a teacher for about 18 years and established the first free school in New Jersey, which she left after the towns officials appointed a male director over her. She then left to Washington and worked as a copyist in a patent office. Clara then went to Europe were she discovered the International Red Cross and the Treaty of Geneva. In Europe she also helped nurse the wounded soldiers of the Franco-Prussian war. When she returned to The United States she worked hard for many years so the US government signed the Treaty Of Geneva which other nations in Europe had already joined. With the signed of this treaty Clara and other supporters found the American Red Cross. This is just a short summery of all the good things she did. Her story inspired me after reading her story, hope it inspires you a little.