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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THE FOREWORD

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

I

BABYHOOD IMPRESSIONS

II

SCHOOL—CHILDISH MEMORIES—MILITARY

III

ON HER FAVORITE BLACK HORSE

IV

PHRENOLOGY—READ HER CHARACTERISTICS—BASIS OF FRIENDSHIP

V

“SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION” LAID TO CLARA BARTON

VI

VII

“BUTTON”—“BILLY”—CLARA BARTON OWNERSHIP

VIII

PAUPER SCHOOLS; FROM SIX TO SIX HUNDRED

IX

CHILD LOVE—JOE AND CHARLIE—APPRECIATION

X

TEMPERANCE—CLARA BARTON AND THE HIRED MAN—STRANGER THAN FICTION

XI

LOOKING FOR A JOB—EQUAL SUFFRAGE

XII

CREDULOUS OX—INNOCENT CHILD—CLARA BARTON, A VEGETARIAN

XIII

FELL DEAD ON THE GROUND BESIDE HER

XIV

WICKEDNESS OF WAR—SETTLES NO DISPUTES

XV

HER WARDROBE IN A HANDKERCHIEF—THE BATTLE SCENE

XVI

THE BRAVERY OF WOMEN—CLARA BARTON’S BRAVEST ACT

XVII

YES, AND GOT EUCHRED

XVIII

TO DREAM OF HOME AND MOTHER

XIX

TRIBUTE OF LOVE AND DEVOTION

XX

CHEERING WORDS—ALWAYS READY—WEARS A SMILE

XXI

HORRIBLE DEED—LEADS AMERICAN NAVY—ANGEL OF MERCY

XXII

AT GALVESTON FLOOD

CONFEDERATES AND FEDERALS ALIKE TREATED

A KNOT OF BLUE AND GRAY

XXIII

THE ENEMY, STARVING—TACT—THE WHITE OX

XXIV

BULLETHOLE—AMPUTATED LIMBS LIKE CORDWOOD—GOD GIVES STRENGTH

XXV

FEARLESS OF BULLETS AND KICKING MULES

XXVI

HIS COMFORT, NOT HERS; HIS LIFE, NOT HERS

XXVII

DOES NOT NEED ANY ADVICE

XXVIII

HAD BUT A FEW MOMENTS TO LIVE

XXIX

ENLISTED MEN FIRST—THE COLONEL’S LIFE SAVED

XXX

YOU’RE RIGHT, MADAM—GOOD DAY

XXXI

BLEEDING TO DEATH—HIS HEADLESS BODY—WOMEN IN THE WAR

XXXII

TIMID CHILD—TIMID WOMAN

XXXIII

EZ EF WE WUZ WHITE FOLKS

XXXIV

IN HER DREAMS—AGAIN IN BATTLE

XXXV

FOUR FAMOUS WOMEN

XXXVI

SIMPLICITY OF CHILDHOOD—PET WASPS PET CATS—LOVED LIFE-DOMESTIC

XXXVII

CLARA BARTON IN THE LITERARY FIELD

XXXVIII

THE ART OF DRESSING—CLARA BARTON’S INDIVIDUALITY

XXXIX

THE JEWELLED HAND AND THE HARD HAND MEET

XL

CLARA BARTON AND THE EMPEROR

XLI

AMERICA—SCARLET AND GOLD—EUROPE

XLII

THREE CHEERS—WILD SCENES IN BOSTON—TIGER!! NO, SWEETHEART

XLIII

THE LAST RECEPTION—HER AUTOGRAPH—THE BOYS IN GRAY

XLIV

OPEN HOUSE—COST OF FAME, SELF-SACRIFICE—BEST IN WOMAN

XLV

KNEELED BEFORE HER AND KISSED HER HAND

XLVI

I NEVER GET TIRED—EATING, THE LEAST OF MY TROUBLES

XLVII

ROYALTY UNDER A QUAKER BONNET

XLVIII

STILL STAMPING ON ME—PERSONALLY UNHARMED

XLIX

AT THE MEMORIAL—“THE FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS”—A GOOD TIME

L

CLARA BARTON KEPT A DIARY

“DOING MY WORK,” AT 87

“A RATHER HARD DAY”

LI

NURSING A FINE ART—OVER THE WASHTUB

LII

IMMORTAL WORDS—A MILLION THANKS

LIII

THE PANSY PIN—FOR THOUGHTS

LIV

CLARA BARTON PAYS RESPECTS TO FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

LV

THE PASSING OF YEARS—RIGHT HABITS OF LIFE

LVI

SHE WON HIS HEART

LVII

YOU BUY IT FOR HIM

LVIII

OR GOD WOULDN’T HAVE MADE THEM

LIX

CLARA BARTON—MARY BAKER EDDY

LX

LIKE TOLSTOI SHE LIVED THE SIMPLE LIFE

LXI

CLARA BARTON—FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

LXII

THE GENERAL HAS MONEY—I AM HIS RECONCENTRADO

LXIII

ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S SON

LXIV

THE BUTCHER DIDN’T GET IT

LXV

THE KIND OF GIRLS THAT NEEDED HELP

LXVI

A ROMANCE OF TWO CONTINENTS

LXVII

THE LITTLE MONUMENT—FOR ALL ETERNITY

LXVIII

STORY OF BABA—DREAM OF A WHITE HORSE—LIFE’S WOES

LXIX

PEOPLE, LIKE JACK RABBITS—NO “SHOW-WOMAN”

LXX

CLARA BARTON’S HEART SECRET—$10,000 IN “GOLD DUST”

LXXI

FELL ON THEIR KNEES BEFORE “MIS’ RED CROSS”

LXXII

CLARA BARTON’S TRIBUTE TO CUBA

LXXIII

AT THE BIRTHPLACE OF NAPOLEON—THE CORSICAN BANDIT

LXXIV

WHEN CARES GROW HEAVY AND PLEASURES LIGHT

LXXV

A RED CROSS RED LETTER DAY

LXXVI

PATRIOTIC WOMEN OF AMERICA SELF-SACRIFICING

LXXVII

OPPOSITION—THE AMERICAN RED CROSS “COMPLETE VICTORY”

LXXVIII

GREETINGS

NATIONAL FIRST AID ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

LXXIX

HUMANITARIANISM, UNPARALLELED IN ALL HISTORY

LXXX

CLARA BARTON’S PRAYER ANSWERED

LXXXI

NOT THE VALUE OF A POSTAGE STAMP

LXXXII

HONORARY PRESIDENCY FOR LIFE—PROPOSED ANNUITY

LXXXIII

“REFUSES TO ANTE”

CLARA BARTON’S RESIGNATION

LXXXIV

NO RED CROSS CONTROVERSY

LXXXV

INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS—AMERICAN RED CROSS—AMERICAN AMENDMENT

LXXXVI

BLACKMAIL ALLEGED—“CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION”—TRUTH OF HISTORY

“CHARGES”? YES, REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM

THE LIST OF NAMES OF TRIBUTES IN THE WAY OF BADGES, MEDALS, DECORATIONS AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF ESTEEM PRESENTED TO CLARA BARTON.

LXXXVII

OF GRAVES, OF WORMS, OF EPITAPHS

GRATITUDE OF A BROKEN-HEARTED MOTHER

THANK YOU FROM MY VERY HEART, HIS POOR HEART-BROKEN MOTHER

MAY GOD BLESS YOU

MY PRAYERS FOR YOU

LXXXVIII

TURKEY—STATESMANSHIP OF PHILANTHROPY—ARMENIA

MARMORA

LXXXIX

TREASON—LINCOLN ASSASSINATED—GRANT PROTECTS CLARA BARTON

XC

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY SENDS CLARA BARTON TO CUBA

XCI

IN DETAILS—CLARA BARTON, A BUSINESS MANAGER—WORLD’S RECORD

XCII

SUPERINTENDENT OF WOMAN’S PRISON

XCIII

GREATNESS—AN IMMORTAL AMERICAN DESTINY—IMMORTALITY

XCIV

WHAT WAS HER RELIGION?

XCV

ONE DAY WITH CLARA BARTON

XCVI

THE PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE—CLARA BARTON’S PROPOSED SELF-EXPATRIATION

THE WAIL OF AN ACHING HEART

SCHEMERS—DEFAMERS—PIRATES

SHE READ THE ACTORS LIKE A BOOK

A TRIBUTE

LOVED AND LOYALLY TRIED TO SERVE

THE STRICTEST SILENCE

OVER THE MEXICAN LINE

A GREATER POWER AND A WISER MIND

DATA AS TO THE TWENTY-FIRST MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT

XCVII

CLOSING INCIDENTS—THE BIOGRAPHY—OTHER CORRESPONDENCE

AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK FOR CLARA BARTON

PROPOSED HOME IN CALIFORNIA

FORECASTING THE BIOGRAPHY

ONE OF MY AUNT’S LAST REQUESTS

EXCERPTS FROM OTHER LETTERS

AUTHORIZED

XCVIII

A RECORD HISTORY AT THE FUNERAL

XCIX

FROM LINCOLN’S FAVORITE POEM

CLARA BARTON’S LAST RIDE

C

ACHIEVEMENT—WORLD RECOGNITION

CHRONOLOGY OF THE LEADING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE LIFE OF MISS CLARA BARTON

ACHIEVEMENTS

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

THE MEMORIAL TREE PLANTING TO THE MEMORY OF CLARA BARTON

CLARA BARTON AND THE OAK

THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR

RED CROSS WORK

RED CROSS FIELDS

CI

THE PRESS AND THE INDIVIDUAL

CII

THE FINALE

CIII

CLARA BARTON