Letter from Clara Barton to May Wright Sewall.

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Letter from Clara Barton to May Wright Sewall.

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Title: Letter from Clara Barton to May Wright Sewall.
Description: Barton sends thanks for the four volumes sent (possibly the records of the International Council of Women published by Sewall in 1909). She goes on to praise the life and work of Susan B. Anthony. Clara Barton was nicknamed "the angel of the battlefield" for her work helping wounded soldiers during the Civil War. She then spent the following four years assisting with identification of prisoners who died at Andersonville. In 1881, Miss Barton founded the American Red Cross.
Correspondent: Barton, Clara, 1821-1912
Date: 1910-09-20; 1910
Time period: 1910s (1910-1919); 20th century;
Subject: Sewall, May Wright, 1844-1920; Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906; Women--Societies and clubs
Genre: Correspondence;
Collection: May Wright Sewall Papers
Copyright information: This item is in the public domain.
Physical repository: Indianapolis Special Collections Room, Indianapolis Public Library
Repository collection name: May Wright Sewall letters
Digital publisher: Indianapolis Marion County Public Library
Date digitized: 2005
Repository: The Indianapolis Public Library Digital Collections
Source: From: May Wright Sewall Papers
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