LEADER 03673nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910827712303321 005 20240418021545.0 010 $a0-8122-0090-X 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812200904 035 $a(CKB)2550000000050907 035 $a(OCoLC)759158192 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10491917 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000566165 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11371531 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000566165 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10534161 035 $a(PQKB)11425252 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8388 035 $a(DE-B1597)448935 035 $a(OCoLC)979753476 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812200904 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441460 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10491917 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682317 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441460 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000050907 100 $a19870515d1987 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aClara Barton $eprofessional angel /$fElizabeth Brown Pryor 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aPhiladelphia :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d1987. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 444 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) $cillustrations, portrait 225 0 $aStudies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving 300 $aSecond paperback printing 1990. 311 0 $a1-322-51035-0 311 0 $a0-8122-1273-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tClara Barton. Professional Angel --$tOne --$tTwo --$tThree --$tFour --$tFive --$tSix --$tSeven --$tEight --$tNine --$tTen --$tEleven --$tTwelve --$tThirteen --$tFourteen --$tFifteen --$tSixteen --$tSeventeen --$tEighteen --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aWidely known today as the "Angel of the Battlefield," Clara Barton's personal life has always been shrouded in mystery. In Clara Barton, Professional Angel, Elizabeth Brown Pryor presents a biography of Barton that strips away the heroic exterior and reveals a complex and often trying woman.Based on the papers Clara Barton carefully saved over her lifetime, this biography is the first one to draw on these recorded thoughts. Besides her own voluminous correspondence, it reflects the letters and reminiscences of lovers, a grandniece who probed her aunt's venerable facade, and doctors who treated her nervous disorders. She emerges as a vividly human figure. Continually struggling to cope with her insecure family background and a society that offered much less than she had to give, she chose achievement as the vehicle for gaining the love and recognition that frequently eluded her during her long life.Not always altruistic, her accomplishments were nonetheless extraordinary. On the battlefields of the Civil War, in securing American participation in the International Red Cross, in promoting peacetime disaster relief, and in fighting for women's rights, Clara Barton made an unparalleled contribution to American social progress. Yet the true measure of her life must be made from this perspective: she dared to offend a society whose acceptance she treasured, and she put all of her energy into patching up the lives of those around her when her own was rent and frayed. 606 $aNurses$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aNurses 676 $a361.7/634/0924 676 $aB 700 $aPryor$b Elizabeth Brown$01681849 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827712303321 996 $aClara Barton$94051546 997 $aUNINA