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A Leading Lady
In a nod to our healthcare workers and teachers, we salute Clara Barton, a trailblazer in both professions.
by Vince Farinaccio
Clara Barton may be best known as the founder of the American Red Cross, but the brief time she spent in New Jersey as a teacher solidified her connection to the state forever.
Barton was born in North Oxford, Massachusetts on December 25, 1821, the youngest of Stephen and Sarah Stone Barton’s five children. The Clara Barton Museum website notes complications in her childhood that included a mother “not kind to her,” siblings who were “more parents than playmates” and a severe shyness that led her parents to arrange for her to meet with phrenologist L.N. Fowler, who “suggested Barton become a teacher to face her fears.”