From the Archives: Clara Barton, Act 2–Finding the Missing

For the next little while, I’m juggling revisions with prepping for a talk about Civil War nurses. (I love giving talks, but I was overly optimistic when I agreed to do this one last September.) It makes for an interesting mix of tough broads competing for my attention. Working on the theory that if I’m…

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From the Archives: Clara Barton–Nursing Outside the Box

For the next little while, I’m juggling revisions with prepping for a talk about Civil War nurses. (I love giving talks, but I was overly optimistic when I agreed to do this one last September.)    It makes for an interesting mix of tough broads competing for my attention.   It is possible that punches will…

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Road Trip Through History: The Littleton Brothers Memorial

  Moving south along the river, we stopped to visit the Toolesboro Mounds site, outside Wapello, Iowa, because I am a sucker for the Mound Builders and My Own True Love is a good sport. The site was interesting enough, but it paled in comparison to a memorial across the street.* The Littleton Memorial is…

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