Clara Barton vs Harriet Tubman

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Compare the life timelines of Clara Barton (1821–1912) and Harriet Tubman (1822–1913) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 90 years, from 1822 to 1912.

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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

Harriet Tubman (1822–1913)

  1. — Born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland Verified
  2. — Escaped slavery, fleeing to Philadelphia Verified
  3. — Conducted rescue missions on the Underground Railroad
  4. — Guided the Combahee River Raid, freeing over 700 enslaved people Verified
  5. — Married Civil War veteran Nelson Davis
  6. — Died in Auburn, New York Verified