SEYMOUR - Local educator and historian Carolyn Ivanoff will explore the incredible life of Clara Barton in an online presentation at 2 p.m. April 11 at the Seymour Historical Society.
Barton was born exactly 200 years ago in 1821!
Very few women worked outside the home during that era, yet Barton would find success as a teacher, a U.S. Patent Office worker, and most famously, a nurse who tended to wounded troops during the Civil War.
Afterward she went on to launch the American Red Cross - which means if you have ever donated blood, given money to disaster relief, or taken a first-aid course, Clara Barton has touched your life.
This is this first in several virtual events on Facebook Live that the Seymour Historical Society has planned prior to transitioning to live programs once it’s safe to do so.
This is shared from the Seymour Historical Society's Facebook page.
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