Welcome to the History Tricks, where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

Earlier this year we told you that we've been remastering some of our older episodes to make the audio a little bit cleaner.

You know, when you know better, you do better. We decided to remaster and revisit the life of Clara Barton.

This episode is dedicated to all of the nurses from Wesley Hospital in Wichita, who helped my mother, especially Roxanne, Frank, Nightmat, Gigi, and Marshall.

Special thanks from the bottom of my heart to Matt, who we called Daymat, who was there with us at the end of her journey.

And to my mother, Janice Sanders, my first friend, my best friend. I miss you already. I love you.

And here's your 30-second summary.

A timid little girl born in three civil war New England, transcends her timidity to become a teacher, a government worker, a warner, a humanitarian, establishes the American Red Cross, and is still known today as the Angel of the Battlefield.

The End.

Let's talk about Clara Barton.

First, let's play certain history. The first edition of the Saturday evening post is published. And it will be published until 1969.

At Missouri, a state very near and dear to our hearts is admitted as the 24th state.

Peru declares independence from Spain and gris gains independence from Turkey. Napoleon Bonaparte dies.

James Monroe is sworn in as his second term as president. And on Christmas Day 1821, Clara Harlow Barton was born.

We're talking about Clara Barton. She was born Clarissa. This is another Clara that was a Clarissa I know.

People.

Well, she was kind of a big surprise, I think, in this family since her nearest sister was 10. So she's the youngest of five.

So really, instead of any playmates at all, she had basically six parents.

Right. So that was good. And they did help her, you know, in her education.

Well, all of these six parents took her on as a project in their area of expertise, which was kind of interesting.

They referred to her as baby, which was pretty cute. Just like Queen Victoria's daughter, Beatrice was baby to the family.

Of course, they petted her sick. Seriously, they gave her key. Everybody gave her candy. Everybody gave her cookies.

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