On this episode of Our American Stories, before Clara Barton became famous, she was a former teacher who refused to accept the limits placed on women in nineteenth-century America. When the Civil War broke out, she organized supply drives, treated wounded soldiers, and pushed her way onto battlefields where women were not supposed to go. Her work saved countless lives and reshaped battlefield medicine. Kaela Rider, a former civics and history teacher from Jacksonville, Florida, who now serves as Education Programs Coordinator at the Bill of Rights Institute, tells Clara’s story.

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<p>On this episode of Our American Stories, before Clara Barton became famous, she was a former teacher who refused to accept the limits placed on women in nineteenth-century America. When the Civil War broke out, she organized supply drives, treated wounded soldiers, and pushed her way onto battlefields where women were not supposed to go. Her work saved countless lives and reshaped battlefield medicine. Kaela Rider, a former civics and history teacher from Jacksonville, Florida, who now serves as Education Programs Coordinator at the Bill of Rights Institute, tells Clara&rsquo;s story.</p>
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