Clara Barton a Centenary Tribute to the World’s Greatest Humanitarian

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Author

Young, Charles Sumner

Title

Clara Barton: A Centenary Tribute to the World's Greatest Humanitarian Founder of the American Red Cross Society, Author of the American Amendment to the International Red Cross Convention of Geneva, Founder of the National First Aid Association of America

Language

English

LoC Class

HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Subject

Barton, Clara, 1821-1912

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 64967

Release Date

March 30, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CLARA BARTON A CENTENARY TRIBUTE TO THE WORLD’S GREATEST HUMANITARIAN FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SOCIETY AUTHOR OF THE AMERICAN AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS CONVENTION OF GENEVA FOUNDER OF THE NATIONAL FIRST AID ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
2. 2.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
3. 3.THE FOREWORD
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — I — BABYHOOD IMPRESSIONS
6. 6.II — SCHOOL—CHILDISH MEMORIES—MILITARY
7. 7.III — ON HER FAVORITE BLACK HORSE
8. 8.IV — PHRENOLOGY—READ HER CHARACTERISTICS—BASIS OF FRIENDSHIP
9. 9.V — “SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION” LAID TO CLARA BARTON
10. 10.VI — CHRISTMAS A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1894)
11. 11.VII — “BUTTON”—“BILLY”—CLARA BARTON OWNERSHIP
12. 12.VIII — PAUPER SCHOOLS; FROM SIX TO SIX HUNDRED
13. 13.IX — CHILD LOVE—JOE AND CHARLIE—APPRECIATION
14. 14.X — TEMPERANCE—CLARA BARTON AND THE HIRED MAN—STRANGER THAN FICTION
15. 15.XI — LOOKING FOR A JOB—EQUAL SUFFRAGE
16. 16.XII — CREDULOUS OX—INNOCENT CHILD—CLARA BARTON, A VEGETARIAN
17. 17.XIII — FELL DEAD ON THE GROUND BESIDE HER
18. 18.XIV — WICKEDNESS OF WAR—SETTLES NO DISPUTES
19. 19.XV — HER WARDROBE IN A HANDKERCHIEF—THE BATTLE SCENE
20. 20.XVI — THE BRAVERY OF WOMEN—CLARA BARTON’S BRAVEST ACT
21. 21.XVII — YES, AND GOT EUCHRED
22. 22.XVIII — TO DREAM OF HOME AND MOTHER
23. 23.XIX — TRIBUTE OF LOVE AND DEVOTION
24. 24.XX — CHEERING WORDS—ALWAYS READY—WEARS A SMILE
25. 25.XXI — HORRIBLE DEED—LEADS AMERICAN NAVY—ANGEL OF MERCY
26. 26.XXII — AT GALVESTON FLOOD — CONFEDERATES AND FEDERALS ALIKE TREATED — A KNOT OF BLUE AND GRAY
27. 27.XXIII — THE ENEMY, STARVING—TACT—THE WHITE OX
28. 28.XXIV — BULLETHOLE—AMPUTATED LIMBS LIKE CORDWOOD—GOD GIVES STRENGTH
29. 29.XXV — FEARLESS OF BULLETS AND KICKING MULES
30. 30.XXVI — HIS COMFORT, NOT HERS; HIS LIFE, NOT HERS
31. 31.XXVII — DOES NOT NEED ANY ADVICE
32. 32.XXVIII — HAD BUT A FEW MOMENTS TO LIVE
33. 33.XXIX — ENLISTED MEN FIRST—THE COLONEL’S LIFE SAVED
34. 34.XXX — YOU’RE RIGHT, MADAM—GOOD DAY
35. 35.XXXI — BLEEDING TO DEATH—HIS HEADLESS BODY—WOMEN IN THE WAR
36. 36.XXXII — TIMID CHILD—TIMID WOMAN
37. 37.XXXIII — EZ EF WE WUZ WHITE FOLKS
38. 38.XXXIV — IN HER DREAMS—AGAIN IN BATTLE
39. 39.XXXV — FOUR FAMOUS WOMEN
40. 40.XXXVI — SIMPLICITY OF CHILDHOOD—PET WASPS PET CATS—LOVED LIFE-DOMESTIC
41. 41.XXXVII — CLARA BARTON IN THE LITERARY FIELD
42. 42.XXXVIII — THE ART OF DRESSING—CLARA BARTON’S INDIVIDUALITY
43. 43.XXXIX — THE JEWELLED HAND AND THE HARD HAND MEET
44. 44.XL — CLARA BARTON AND THE EMPEROR
45. 45.XLI — AMERICA—SCARLET AND GOLD—EUROPE
46. 46.XLII — THREE CHEERS—WILD SCENES IN BOSTON—TIGER!! NO, SWEETHEART
47. 47.XLIII — THE LAST RECEPTION—HER AUTOGRAPH—THE BOYS IN GRAY
48. 48.XLIV — OPEN HOUSE—COST OF FAME, SELF-SACRIFICE—BEST IN WOMAN
49. 49.XLV — KNEELED BEFORE HER AND KISSED HER HAND
50. 50.XLVI — I NEVER GET TIRED—EATING, THE LEAST OF MY TROUBLES
51. 51.XLVII — ROYALTY UNDER A QUAKER BONNET
52. 52.XLVIII — STILL STAMPING ON ME—PERSONALLY UNHARMED
53. 53.XLIX — AT THE MEMORIAL—“THE FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS”—A GOOD TIME
54. 54.L — CLARA BARTON KEPT A DIARY — “DOING MY WORK,” AT 87 — “A RATHER HARD DAY”
55. 55.LI — NURSING A FINE ART—OVER THE WASHTUB
56. 56.LII — IMMORTAL WORDS—A MILLION THANKS
57. 57.LIII — THE PANSY PIN—FOR THOUGHTS
58. 58.LIV — CLARA BARTON PAYS RESPECTS TO FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
59. 59.LV — THE PASSING OF YEARS—RIGHT HABITS OF LIFE
60. 60.LVI — SHE WON HIS HEART
61. 61.LVII — YOU BUY IT FOR HIM
62. 62.LVIII — OR GOD WOULDN’T HAVE MADE THEM
63. 63.LIX — CLARA BARTON—MARY BAKER EDDY
64. 64.LX — LIKE TOLSTOI SHE LIVED THE SIMPLE LIFE
65. 65.LXI — CLARA BARTON—FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
66. 66.LXII — THE GENERAL HAS MONEY—I AM HIS RECONCENTRADO
67. 67.LXIII — ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S SON
68. 68.LXIV — THE BUTCHER DIDN’T GET IT
69. 69.LXV — THE KIND OF GIRLS THAT NEEDED HELP
70. 70.LXVI — A ROMANCE OF TWO CONTINENTS
71. 71.LXVII — THE LITTLE MONUMENT—FOR ALL ETERNITY
72. 72.LXVIII — STORY OF BABA—DREAM OF A WHITE HORSE—LIFE’S WOES
73. 73.LXIX — PEOPLE, LIKE JACK RABBITS—NO “SHOW-WOMAN”
74. 74.LXX — CLARA BARTON’S HEART SECRET—$10,000 IN “GOLD DUST”
75. 75.LXXI — FELL ON THEIR KNEES BEFORE “MIS’ RED CROSS”
76. 76.LXXII — CLARA BARTON’S TRIBUTE TO CUBA
77. 77.LXXIII — AT THE BIRTHPLACE OF NAPOLEON—THE CORSICAN BANDIT
78. 78.LXXIV — WHEN CARES GROW HEAVY AND PLEASURES LIGHT
79. 79.LXXV — A RED CROSS RED LETTER DAY
80. 80.LXXVI — PATRIOTIC WOMEN OF AMERICA SELF-SACRIFICING
81. 81.LXXVII — OPPOSITION—THE AMERICAN RED CROSS “COMPLETE VICTORY”
82. 82.LXXVIII — GREETINGS — NATIONAL FIRST AID ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
83. 83.LXXIX — HUMANITARIANISM, UNPARALLELED IN ALL HISTORY
84. 84.LXXX — CLARA BARTON’S PRAYER ANSWERED
85. 85.LXXXI — NOT THE VALUE OF A POSTAGE STAMP
86. 86.LXXXII — HONORARY PRESIDENCY FOR LIFE—PROPOSED ANNUITY
87. 87.LXXXIII — OMISSION OF, OR ACQUIESCENCE IN, THE TRAGEDY OF 1904 — “PASSES THE BUCK” — “REFUSES TO ANTE” — CLARA BARTON’S RESIGNATION
88. 88.LXXXIV — NO RED CROSS CONTROVERSY
89. 89.LXXXV — INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS—AMERICAN RED CROSS—AMERICAN AMENDMENT
90. 90.LXXXVI — BLACKMAIL ALLEGED—“CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION”—TRUTH OF HISTORY — “CHARGES”? YES, REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — THE LIST OF NAMES OF TRIBUTES IN THE WAY OF BADGES, MEDALS, DECORATIONS AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF ESTEEM PRESENTED TO CLARA BARTON.
91. 91.LXXXVII — OF GRAVES, OF WORMS, OF EPITAPHS — GRATITUDE OF A BROKEN-HEARTED MOTHER — THANK YOU FROM MY VERY HEART, HIS POOR HEART-BROKEN MOTHER — MAY GOD BLESS YOU — MY PRAYERS FOR YOU
92. 92.LXXXVIII — TURKEY—STATESMANSHIP OF PHILANTHROPY—ARMENIA — MARMORA
93. 93.LXXXIX — TREASON—LINCOLN ASSASSINATED—GRANT PROTECTS CLARA BARTON
94. 94.XC — PRESIDENT MCKINLEY SENDS CLARA BARTON TO CUBA
95. 95.XCI — IN DETAILS—CLARA BARTON, A BUSINESS MANAGER—WORLD’S RECORD
96. 96.XCII — SUPERINTENDENT OF WOMAN’S PRISON
97. 97.XCIII — GREATNESS—AN IMMORTAL AMERICAN DESTINY—IMMORTALITY
98. 98.XCIV — WHAT WAS HER RELIGION?
99. 99.XCV — ONE DAY WITH CLARA BARTON
100. 100.XCVI — THE PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE—CLARA BARTON’S PROPOSED SELF-EXPATRIATION — THE WAIL OF AN ACHING HEART — SCHEMERS—DEFAMERS—PIRATES — SHE READ THE ACTORS LIKE A BOOK — A TRIBUTE — LOVED AND LOYALLY TRIED TO SERVE — THE STRICTEST SILENCE — OVER THE MEXICAN LINE — A GREATER POWER AND A WISER MIND — WRITE NONE—SEE ONLY THOSE I MUST [12] — DATA AS TO THE TWENTY-FIRST MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT
101. 101.XCVII — CLOSING INCIDENTS—THE BIOGRAPHY—OTHER CORRESPONDENCE — AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK FOR CLARA BARTON — PROPOSED HOME IN CALIFORNIA — FORECASTING THE BIOGRAPHY — ONE OF MY AUNT’S LAST REQUESTS — EXCERPTS FROM OTHER LETTERS — AUTHORIZED
102. 102.XCVIII — A RECORD HISTORY AT THE FUNERAL
103. 103.XCIX — FROM LINCOLN’S FAVORITE POEM — CLARA BARTON’S LAST RIDE
104. 104.C — ACHIEVEMENT—WORLD RECOGNITION — CHRONOLOGY OF THE LEADING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE LIFE OF MISS CLARA BARTON — ACHIEVEMENTS — THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR — THE MEMORIAL TREE PLANTING TO THE MEMORY OF CLARA BARTON — CLARA BARTON AND THE OAK — THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR — RED CROSS WORK — RED CROSS FIELDS
105. 105.CI — THE PRESS AND THE INDIVIDUAL — THE PRESS — THE INDIVIDUAL
106. 106.CII — THE CLARA BARTON CENTENARY THE SIMPLICITY OF THE END — THE FINALE
107. 107.CIII — CLARA BARTON

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