Clara Barton is best known
for being the founder of the American Red Cross and the National
First Aid Society, but she was also a tireless advocate for equal
rights for blacks and women. In fact, she worked closely with both Frederick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony.
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(First Biographies - Scientists and Inventors)
by Lola M. Schaefer
These First Biographies give a very short but effective overview of their subjects. Each book touches upon significant life events and features a time line that runs across the bottom of the page.
Reading Information:Word Count: 201
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reading level: 2.2 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 61697
(Magic Tree House #21)
by Mary Pope Osborne
Sal Murdocca (Illustrator)
3.86 avg rating — 3,999 ratings
Jack and Annie find themselves in the 1860s where they meet Clara Barton on the battlefield. (They get to save the life of their very own
great-great-great-grand-father!)
Common Core Recommended
Word Count: 5,991
Page Count: 96
Accelerated Reader: 3.4 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 44894
Lexile: 340L
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by Augusta Stevenson
Frank Giacoia (Illustrator)
A biography, children (and adults) will learn things like how Barton was a shy person. Mixes mixes narrative and dialogue.
Word Count: 24,178
Page Count: 192
Accelerated Reader: 4.2 / points: 3.0
AR quiz: 803
Lexile: 590L
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compiled by Pam
updated April 2014
For other books on important men and women in the Equal Rights movement, see our Index.