Clara Barton vs Louisa May Alcott
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Compare the life timelines of Clara Barton (1821–1912) and Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 56 years, from 1832 to 1888.
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Clara Barton (1821–1912)
- — Born in North Oxford, Massachusetts Verified
- — Began work as a schoolteacher Verified
- — Opened a free public school in Bordentown, New Jersey Verified
- — Became a clerk at the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C. Verified
- — Began nursing and supplying Union soldiers in the Civil War Verified
- — Tended the wounded at the Battle of Antietam Verified
- — Ran the Office of Missing Soldiers Verified
- — Founded the American Red Cross Verified
- — Resigned as president of the American Red Cross Verified
- — Died in Glen Echo, Maryland Verified
Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
- — Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania Verified
- — Family settled in Concord, Massachusetts Verified
- — Lived at the Fruitlands utopian community Verified
- — Published first book, Flower Fables Verified
- — Served as a Civil War nurse in Washington, D.C. Verified
- — Published Little Women Verified
- — Published Little Men and Jo's Boys Verified
- — First woman to register to vote in Concord Verified
- — Died in Boston, Massachusetts Verified