Clara Barton was 39 years old when the American Civil War began. She had been a celebrated teacher and education reformer in her native New England, before moving to Washington City in 1854 to work at the United States Patent Office one of the first women to work for the federal government. Her work, and her life, would once again take a dramatic shift as the war broke out.
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