Women had a very big role in the Civil War. Nurses paved the way for nurses in the future, while saving lives. Women were not only nurses, but in the civil war, they were so much more. Clara Barton was a woman who worked as a Clerk in the U.S. Patent Office in Washington D.C. She later paved the way for women and nurses in the future. She briefly made the same amount of money as a man did. They pay did not last long. After she was a clerk, she got recruited to be a nurse in the Civil War. She soon saved many lives and also helper serve her country. Clara Barton later formed The American Red Cross. The American Red Cross in an organization where whenever a disaster occurs, they go help with food, supplies, and they even hold blood drives. Clara Barton wanted to make sure that there would be something where anyone could get help from some organization like The American Red Cross. When hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and other disasters occur The American Red Cross will be there. They are dedicated and helpful to the victims of various events. When Clara Barton formed The American Red Cross, she knew that the world needed something like that in the world. There are American Red Crosses all over the country there to help others in need. The world has become a much better place with nurses and the American Red Cross helping so much. When we think of hospitals we think of clean, sterile, and somber places. In the Civil War this was not the case. The hospitals they usually had were tents or abandoned buildings. Many times nurses would not have time to take to the hospitals, so they did work on the soldiers right on the battle field. The nurses would be creative and use the recourses around them to try and help save soldiers. The doctors and nurses that volunteered in the civil war did not have any professional medical training. Nurses not only did surgery on soldiers, but also often comforted them by their bedside and feeding them. Men in the nursing profession outnumbered women. Women in that time were considered too “frail to deal with the injuries and gore of the war.” Casualties in the civil war were large.
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There were about three million soldiers fighting in the civil war, and about six hundred thousand died both in the Confederate and the Union. The most common causes of death were diseases, and being killed in action. Gunshot wounds, infections, and other wounds were also common. With these injuries, the nurses could only save the minor injured. The men in the war were fighting for what they believed in, weather to end slavery, or to defend it. The outcome of the civil war was that the union won, and slaves were freed. Many soldiers died for what they believed in and some were saved because of nurses. Nursing has improved a lot in the last 150 years. If we had the new techniques and technology we had today, maybe more soldiers could have been saved. There are now more nurses in history than there have ever been. There are especially more women than ever in the
There were about three million soldiers fighting in the civil war, and about six hundred thousand died both in the Confederate and the Union. The most common causes of death were diseases, and being killed in action. Gunshot wounds, infections, and other wounds were also common. With these injuries, the nurses could only save the minor injured. The men in the war were fighting for what they believed in, weather to end slavery, or to defend it. The outcome of the civil war was that the union won, and slaves were freed. Many soldiers died for what they believed in and some were saved because of nurses. Nursing has improved a lot in the last 150 years. If we had the new techniques and technology we had today, maybe more soldiers could have been saved. There are now more nurses in history than there have ever been. There are especially more women than ever in the