She started out a little girl who was nursing her brother back to health, to becoming a Civil War hero. Clara Barton’s career and life went through many stages that all relied on each other. Her childhood lead up to her Civil War efforts, and her Civil War experiences affected her jobs post war. Clara’s life has been through ups, downs, and unexpected twists, but it’s how she followed her dreams and never lost herself that made her so successful. Clara was the youngest of five kids, she was always very shy and a bit of a tomboy. When she was 11 her younger brother David fell off the roof of their family barn. He had to be operated on and had many severe injuries. When her brother returned from the hospital after surgery Clara had to take care of him. She did such an amazing job, he made a full recovery after only 2 years, a task doctors didn’t think could be done. To thank Clara, David taught her things that girls typically didn’t learn, such as carpentry. When Clara reached her teenage years her parents pressured her into being a teacher, although, when taking care of her brother it became clear to her that nursing was her …show more content…
Although she felt drawn to helping these spiders at all costs, it didn’t come without consequences, physical, mental, and even financially. All through her adult life she was constantly busy, therefore she never had time to have kids or even get married. Clara however was fine with this because she felt as if the soldiers were her family. The more serious physical issues that arose became evident to her in South Carolina, where she nearly died from illness. She was immediately relocated to one of her own hospitals on Hilton Head island until she made a recovery. All the traveling and need more supplies took a financial toll on Clara as well. Much of the money she raised for her support efforts came from her own pocket. Fortunately, later in life she was