An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness.

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Early professional life
Clara Barton became a teacher in 1838 for a dozen years in schools in Canada and West Georgia. At a time when relatively few women worked outside the home Barton built a career helping others. Among her more harrowing experiences was an incident in which a bullet tore through the sleeve of her dress without striking her and killed a man to whom Clara Barton was tending.

One of her greatest accomplishments was founding the American Red Cross. At a time when relatively few women worked outside the home Barton built a career helping others. Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton (December 25 1821 – April 12 1912) was a pioneer American teacher patent clerk nurse and humanitarian.