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John Lustrea will tell the incredible story of Clara Jones – a forgotten Civil War nurse – on Facebook Live on May 8 at 1:00 PM.
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While soldiers marched off to war, the ladies battled on the home front. Meet the remarkable women who shaped Frederick during the Civil War-era.
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Clara Jones never stopped caring for people in need after the Civil War. Read about her amazing story.
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“Ladies! If you’ve got here you’ll get anywhere.”
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After the American Civil War, Clara Barton led the search for over 40,000 missing soldiers … including some who didn’t want to be found.
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Schoolteacher Clara Jones engaged in full time hospital work in the summer of 1862.
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Step into Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office for a discussion about Washington, D.C.’s 19th century working women: government clerks, humanitarians, and prostitutes.
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How did a shy girl born on a New England farm in 1821 break through the barriers that so often confined women to the domestic sphere?
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Learn how the Pension Office forced women to fight for survival after the Civil War.
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Largely forgotten today, Cornelia Hancock was one of the best known and beloved nurses of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.
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