...Clara Barton Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born in Massachusetts on December 25, 1821. She grew up with both her parents and her older brother. Early in her life, she began helping others by becoming at teacher at the age of 15. This expanded to her opening a school in New Jersey that was free for children because she found that families weren’t letting their kids go to school because they couldn’t afford it. This school became popular and quickly became a place where women weren’t allowed. Barton didn’t agree with this, and so she set off to find something else. She ended up in Washington D.C. at the U.S patent office as a clerk. Though this was a safe place to work, she still had a strong calling to help people more than a clerk could do (Clara 2018)....
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...During the civil war Clara did many things. She helped all the soldiers in every way possible. At the beginning, she did many things for the Union Army, collecting and disturbing supplies for them. In 1862, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Clara Barton served as an independent nurse and saw combat for the first time. At Antietam, she also cared for soldiers there as well. That is where she was labeled the nickname, “The angle of the battlefield”. She got this name for all of her hard work and dedication. After the war of 1865, Clara Barton went to work for the War Department reuniting lost soldiers and helping them find their families. She would also help find out information about the people who were missing. She began to spread her story, telling...
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...Clara Barton was born in Massachusetts in 1821. Barton was the youngest of five, born to a mother who was passionate about women’s equality. This inspired Clara Barton, as she dedicated her life to helping others and advocating for women’s rights. Barton began to care for others at a young age. When her brother, David, fell off of a barn roof, Barton took care of him, assisting him during the entirety of his recovery. Her parents noticed Barton’s ability to care for others, and encouraged her to tutor and provide nurse services to the community members. This is when Barton realized her passion for helping others. Barton went on to become a teacher, following in her sibling’s footsteps. Barton, then, agreed to teach New Jersey for three...
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...Nikki Chalifoux History 111 Profile Paper Due Feb. 2, 2017 Clarissa Harlowe Barton Clarissa, known for Clara Barton was born on Christmas Day in 1821 in North Oxford, Massachusetts, U.S. Barton was a Nurse, humanitarian, teacher, and the founder and first president of the American Red Cross, which is still thriving today to helps others. I chose to write about Clara Barton because of the similarities I believe we may both share and her life devoted to helping others really admires me. (Maikell-Thomas) Similar to my experience, when she was ten years old, her brother David fell from the roof of a barn and received a severe injury and Barton assigned herself the task of nursing him back to health on her own. She learned how to distribute the...
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...saster that happened each year and because of her compassionate personality she wanted to help these people. Most people know Clara Barton for starting the American Red Cross. This was a huge accomplishment since we still have the American Red Cross operating today.The American Red Cross has grown into an educational program that helps people who would like to become certified in CPR and First-Aid,and be able to help people when they are in a bad situation, as Clara Barton did during the Civil War. She nursed union soldiers when they were injured physically and mentally. It may have been little things that she did for the soldiers. She comforted the soldiers as they died, not really doing anything to provide medical care for them. After a soldier’s death, she would send letters to the soldiers family. This letter contained information about when and where the soldier died, and it gave the...
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...Clara Barton is a hero in my opinion, nothing more than a women with wild dreams. Why do I say that ? Its because Barton loved to help out in any way she could. Barton was one of the first women to become a teacher, a nurse in the Civil War, and the founder of American Red Cross. Barton was a well known teacher, because she was one of the first female teachers. The first school she taught at was in an Oxford area. She wanted something more so, Barton even open her own school in Bordentown. She didn't have very many children show up the first day, but then towards the end she had about two hundred students. She became a very well known teacher. A newer, bigger school was made in 1853 and since she founded the first school she thought she...
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...In the civil war, the three doctors who made the most impact in medicine of that time were Jonathan letterman, Hartwell Carver Tompkins, and Clara Barton. Medicine was limited at best, wartime escalating that even further. There was more death from poor conditions than from gunshot wounds. Surgeons were accused of being quick to the bone saw for amputations, when in reality resections or excision became favored, even if not best for patients’ quality of life. The contributions of the doctors listed had immediate impacts in the war, and those contributions can still be felt today. Poor conditions of the medicine department lead to new revelations affected soldier’s lives or the better. Civil war surgeons were known for their quick hand to the bone saw, almost ¾’s of all operations were amputations. Boys were being sent to war, and coming home missing half of their body. Towards the end of the war, surgeons began to feel the heat from the public about amputations. Resections became favored over amputations, even if an amputation would have been better. The matter of...
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...voluntary help to each other but today it has got the official form. If an individual wants to do charity then he can donate the money to the charity groups like UNICEF. Red cross and so on and they make sure that his money is being used in the nice purpose. This allows a lot of people to invest their money in the good purpose of mankind. If we go to the history of charity the first record of official charity goes to the 25th century when the song "We are the world " was recorded and released to the benefit of Haitian earthquake victims and it was the biggest smash(Dan). After that the official charity started and many funds for the charity was developed. Among them the major are UNO( United Nations Organization) which has a lot of branches like UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund), UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and so on. And there are also other individual organizations like Red Cross, Médicines San Frontières and feed the children which are the major ones. If I had $10000 then I would give the money to UNICEF because of its exceptional work throughout the history and also because of its distribution of the fund which is throughout the world and not only in some parts of the world. UNICEF is not an individual part but it is the branch of UNO and it has a long history of serving people from the 1940s . In addition to that it has done the exceptional work throughout the history either that be recognizing...
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...Understanding Red Cross’ Past, World Efforts, and Relief Programs in Southeast Asia Our world is in continual turmoil, wars, border disputes, genocides, natural disasters and many more scar the globe annually. One can barely fathom all the problems that our world faces; we cannot prevent everything that can happen. However, there are many men and women through out the world that risk their lives daily in order to help those that cannot help themselves. These are the men and women of the Red Cross and Red Crescent society, who devote their time, sources, and at times their whole lives to help others. Red Cross has been around for many decades and has provided relief for many situations throughout the world; the most profound being for natural and man-made disasters through out the world. The Red Cross was created in 1863 by Henry Dunant who had watched a bloody battle ensue between armies of imperial Austria and the Franco-Sardinian alliance in Solferino, Italy. As over 4000 men lay dead, wounded or dying lacking much needed medical assistance, Dunant organized local people to bind the soldiers' wounds and to feed and comfort them. He called for the creation of neutral relief societies that would tend the soldiers and the people affected by wars paving the way for the future Geneva Convention. Thus in 1863 the idea was finalized and following year, 12 governments adopted the first Geneva Convention; a milestone in the history of humanity, offering care for the wounded, and...
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...The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 Case Studies John Williams Columbia Southern University May 18, 2013 The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 Case Studies This case study converses about one of the most historically known natural disasters that has ever occurred within the 50 United States in the 1900. The hurricane that started out as a tropical storm was one of the most deadly events that have ever taken place during that time. As everyone prepared for the common tropical storm they did not realize it was becoming stronger and stronger during September 3rd and 4th. The hurricane increased and made its way through different parts of Florida, and landed on the coast of Texas. It was predicted by a local weatherman that the island of Galveston would suffer a great loss to the large city. This prediction was on the way he observed the rough seas and high waves that became more active by the hour. This weatherman who was known as Dr. Isaac M. Cline took it upon himself, rode out in the danger of the weather to worn people to seek high ground. When the hurricane touched down on the island of Galveston the wind matured to 120 miles per hour, and the sea rose more than 15 feet. The Category 4 hurricane of the Saffir-Simpson scale took many lives by drowning. It was estimated that more than 9,000 residents lost their lives. After leaving the island the hurricane maintained a strong tropical storm passing through many of the central states and weakened once it made it through the Great...
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...The American Civil War was one of the bloodiest wars in American History, it marked one of the most permanent changes in US history. The war began on April 12, 1861 and ended on April 18, 1865, lasting a little over four years. It was fought between the Northern states, Union states, and the Southern states, Confederate states. It all started because of some differences between the states, such as; the idea of slavery, state rights, tariffs, and trade. The war began when Confederate forces bombarded Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay, South Carolina, which was being controlled by the Union. There were approximately six thousand battles and engagements fought during the war. The bloodiest battle during the Civil War was Gettysburg, with 51,000 casualties. There were not even half as many casualties in Shiloh, which had almost twenty-four thousand casualties. Vicksburg had the least amount of casualties, with almost twenty thousand casualties. Southern states started to secede from the Union even before the war. There were a total of eleven states that seceded, those states were; South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and lastly Tennessee. Though these states didn’t secede at the same time, it was still a big deal because at the time secession wasn’t legal, but it also hadn’t been ruled illegal yet. It was ruled illegal after the war. Many families and their...
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...Medicine during the Civil War "When the war began, the United States Army medical staff consisted of only the surgeon general, thirty surgeons, and eighty-three assistant surgeons. Of these, twenty-four resigned to "go South," and three other assistant surgeons were promptly dropped for "disloyalty." Thus the medical corps began its war service with only eighty seven men. When the war ended in 1865, more than eleven thousand doctors had served or were serving, many of these as acting assistant surgeons, uncommissioned and working under contract, often on a part-time basis. They could wear uniforms if they wished and were usually restricted to general hospitals away from the fighting front. The Confederate Army began by taking the several state militias into service, each regiment equipped with a surgeon and an assistant surgeon, appointed by the state governors. The Confederate Medical Department started with the appointment on May 4 of Daniel De Leon, one of three resigned United States surgeons, as acting surgeon general. After a few weeks he was replaced by another acting surgeon general, who on July 1,1861, was succeeded by Samuel Preston Moore. He took the rank of colonel and stayed on duty until the collapse of the Confederacy. Dr. Moore, originally a Charlestonian, had served twenty seven years in the United States Army. He has been described as brusque and autocratic, a martinet. He was also very hard working and determined, and he was progressive in his military-medical...
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...10000 quiz questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro 10000 general knowledge questions and answers 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Carl and the Passions changed band name to what How many rings on the Olympic flag What colour is vermilion a shade of King Zog ruled which country What colour is Spock's blood Where in your body is your patella Where can you find London bridge today What spirit is mixed with ginger beer in a Moscow mule Who was the first man in space What would you do with a Yashmak Who betrayed Jesus to the Romans Which animal lays eggs On television what was Flipper Who's band was The Quarrymen Which was the most successful Grand National horse Who starred as the Six Million Dollar Man In the song Waltzing Matilda - What is a Jumbuck Who was Dan Dare's greatest enemy in the Eagle What is Dick Grayson better known as What was given on the fourth day of Christmas What was Skippy ( on TV ) What does a funambulist do What is the name of Dennis the Menace's dog What are bactrians and dromedaries Who played The Fugitive Who was the King of Swing Who was the first man to fly across the channel Who starred as Rocky Balboa In which war was the charge of the Light Brigade Who invented the television Who would use a mashie niblick In the song who killed Cock Robin What do deciduous...
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...Retailing in the 21st Century Manfred Krafft ´ Murali K. Mantrala (Editors) Retailing in the 21st Century Current and Future Trends With 79 Figures and 32 Tables 12 Professor Dr. Manfred Krafft University of Muenster Institute of Marketing Am Stadtgraben 13±15 48143 Muenster Germany mkrafft@uni-muenster.de Professor Murali K. Mantrala, PhD University of Missouri ± Columbia College of Business 438 Cornell Hall Columbia, MO 65211 USA mantralam@missouri.edu ISBN-10 3-540-28399-4 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN-13 978-3-540-28399-7 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York Cataloging-in-Publication Data Library of Congress Control Number: 2005932316 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer is a part of Springer Science+Business Media springeronline.com ° Springer Berlin ´ Heidelberg 2006 Printed in Germany The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not...
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...ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States. This book is printed on acid-free paper. 1234567890 QFR/QFR 10987654321 ISBN: 978-0-07-340696-1 MHID: 0-07-340696-1 Vice President & Editor-in-Chief: Michael Ryan Vice President EDP/Central Publishing Services: Kimberly Meriwether David Publisher: Christopher Freitag Sponsoring Editor: Matthew Busbridge Executive Marketing Manager: Pamela S. Cooper Editorial Coordinator: Nikki Weissman Project Manager: Erin Melloy Design Coordinator: Margarite Reynolds Cover Designer: Carole Lawson Cover Image: Albert Bierstadt, American (born in Germany), 1830–1902 Valley of the Yosemite, 1864 (detail) Oil on paperboard 30.16 × 48.89 cm (11 7/8 × 19 1/4 in.) Museum of Fine Arts, BostonGift of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865 47.1236 Buyer: Susan K. Culbertson Media Project Manager: Sridevi Palani Compositor: MPS Limited, a Macmillan Company Typeface: 10.5/12 Times Roman...
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