Clara Barton vs Emily Dickinson

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Compare the life timelines of Clara Barton (1821–1912) and Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 56 years, from 1830 to 1886.

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Clara Barton (1821–1912)

  1. — Born in North Oxford, Massachusetts Verified
  2. — Began work as a schoolteacher Verified
  3. — Opened a free public school in Bordentown, New Jersey Verified
  4. — Became a clerk at the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C. Verified
  5. — Began nursing and supplying Union soldiers in the Civil War Verified
  6. — Tended the wounded at the Battle of Antietam Verified
  7. — Ran the Office of Missing Soldiers Verified
  8. — Founded the American Red Cross Verified
  9. — Resigned as president of the American Red Cross Verified
  10. — Died in Glen Echo, Maryland Verified

Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

  1. — Born in Amherst, Massachusetts Verified
  2. — Attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary Verified
  3. — Saw her first poem published in the Springfield Daily Republican
  4. — Began her correspondence with Thomas Wentworth Higginson Verified
  5. — Withdrew almost entirely from public life
  6. — Died in Amherst, Massachusetts Verified