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Alternate Title: The Angel of the Battlefield

Emlyn tells Emma about Clara Barton, the self-taught nurse who cared for thousands of wounded soldiers and founded the American Red Cross.

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Main Story - Clara Barton 

1. Clara Barton Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Barton


2. Sawbones podcast, Episode 3 (Bloodletting) Transcript https://maximumfun.org/transcripts/sawbones/transcript-sawbones-bloodletting/


3. “Founder Clara Barton” by the Red Cross. https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/enterprise-assets/about-us/history/history-clara-barton-v5.pdf


4. “The founder of the Red Cross faced down sexism her whole life” by Gillian Brockell, Washington Post Article. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/05/06/union-doctors-demanded-male-nurses-during-civil-war-clara-barton-defied-them/

Women who Work 

1. Wolters Kluwer Health. "COVID-19 appears less severe in children, Says Review in Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal." March, 2020. http://home.lww.com/news.entry.html/2020/03/13/covid-19_appearsles-YgCo.html


2. University of California - Berkeley. "Coronavirus outbreak raises question: Why are bat viruses so deadly? Bats' fierce immune systems drive viruses to higher virulence, making them deadlier in humans. February, 2020. https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/02/10/coronavirus-outbreak-raises-question-why-are-bat-viruses-so-deadly/

Music

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

“Work” by Rihanna

Cover Image

Mathew Brady

http://www.wepanknowledgecenter.org/marie-curie/