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Sarah Goode is believed to be the first African American woman to receive a United States patent. She invented a folding bed, a precursor to the modern Murphy bed.
Distinguished by her tireless work for the rights and well-being of patients, Colonel Laura Brosch is both a great leader and a great adviser in the field of military medicine.
“Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that ‘twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what’s all this here talking about? […]
There are more connections between the American Civil War and Galactic Civil War than one would think. Jake Wynn and Amelia Grabowski sat down to explore the connections between medicine a long, long time ago in a galaxy far away and Civil War medicine.
Vera Brittain was a young women living in England when World War I broke out. Her life changed.
Nurse, humanitarian, battlefield-braver, and kick-butt 19th century woman: Harriet Tubman was truly astounding.
For Clara Barton, every Tuesday was giving Tuesday. Support the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office by giving today.
We’re thinking about another Clara: Clara Lemlich. While Clara Barton was one of the first female federal employees, Clara Lemlich was also a working woman … a garment worker on New York’s Lower East Side.
This year, as you plot your post-Thanksgiving festivities, plan to visit the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum. There are plenty of surprising connections between the 1860s and today just waiting to be discovered.
Welcome to the brand new Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum website. We’re glad you’re here.