# Life of Clara Barton - Volume 1

An audiobook by William E. Barton, read by LibriVox volunteers (14 h 53 min, English).

Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing education was not then very formalized and she did not attend nursing school, she provided self-taught nursing care. Barton is noteworthy for doing humanitarian work and civil rights advocacy at a time before women had the right to vote. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973. Volume 1 ends during the years just after the end of the Civil War. (summary from Wikipedia)

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## Chapters

0. Introduction (13:05): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_00_barton_64kb.mp3
1. Chapter 1 - Her First Attempt at Autobiography (9:58): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_01_barton_64kb.mp3
2. Chapter 2 - The Birth of Clara Barton (7:17): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_02_barton_64kb.mp3
3. Chapter 3 - Her Ancestry (16:18): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_03_barton_64kb.mp3
4. Chapter 4 - Her Parentage and Infancy (14:27): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_04_barton_64kb.mp3
5. Chapter 5 - Her Schools and Teachers (34:07): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_05_barton_64kb.mp3
6. Chapter 6 - The Days of Her Youth (36:06): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_06_barton_64kb.mp3
7. Chapter 7 - Her First Experience as a Teacher (13:47): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_07_barton_64kb.mp3
8. Chapter 8 - Leaves From Her Unpublished Autobiography (51:45): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_08_barton_64kb.mp3
9. Chapter 9 - The Heart of Clara Barton (30:01): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_09_barton_64kb.mp3
10. Chapter 10 - From Schoolroom to Patent Office (45:04): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_10_barton_64kb.mp3
11. Chapter 11 Part 1 - The Battle Cry of Freedom (32:45): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_11_barton_64kb.mp3
12. Chapter 11 Part 2 - The Battle Cry of Freedom (30:48): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_12_barton_64kb.mp3
13. Chapter 12 Part 1 - Home and Country (40:32): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_13_barton_64kb.mp3
14. Chapter 12 Part 2 - Home and Country (38:37): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_14_barton_64kb.mp3
15. Chapter 12 Part 3 - Home and Country (29:23): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_15_barton_64kb.mp3
16. Chapter 13 - Clara Barton to the Front (50:19): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_16_barton_64kb.mp3
17. Chapter 14 Part 1 - Harper's Ferry to Antietam (41:56): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_17_barton_64kb.mp3
18. Chapter 14 Part 2 - Harper's Ferry to Antietam (46:35): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_18_barton_64kb.mp3
19. Chapter 15 - Clara Barton's Change of Base (31:03): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_19_barton_64kb.mp3
20. Chapter 16 Part 1 - The Attempt to Recapture Sumter (37:07): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_20_barton_64kb.mp3
21. Chapter 16 Part 2 - The Attempt to Recapture Sumter (25:47): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_21_barton_64kb.mp3
22. Chapter 17 - From the Wilderness to the James (48:26): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_22_barton_64kb.mp3
23. Chapter 18 Part 1 - To the End of the War (40:13): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_23_barton_64kb.mp3
24. Chapter 18 Part 2 -To the End of the War (19:56): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_24_barton_64kb.mp3
25. Chapter 19 Part 1 - Andersonville and After (28:45): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_25_barton_64kb.mp3
26. Chapter 19 Part 2 - Andersonville and After (29:11): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_26_barton_64kb.mp3
27. Chapter 20 - On the Lecture Platform (49:23): https://archive.org/download/clarabartonvol1_2010_librivox/lifeofclarabartonvol1_27_barton_64kb.mp3