slaves through the Underground Railroad. She was aided by abolitionists and Quakers, and John Brown who consulted with her for the Harpers Ferry raid in 1859. During the Civil War she served as an army cook, a nurse, and became a spy for Maryland and Virginia. After the war she ran a home for elderly blacks until her death. Clara Barton Clara Barton is most remembered for organizing the American Red Cross Society. As a young girl she was shy, but she overcame her timid nature to become a very influential women during the Civil War. She was a nurse during the Civil War and cared for the wounded. After the war she began a search for missing soldiers. In 1881 Barton established the American Red Cross Society and has it become a life saving organization for the past 100 years that has saved countless numbers of lives. They help disaster victims and casualties during wars. Clara Barton excelled in several careers in a time when women were expected to be just wives and mothers. She was also an advisor to politicians including senators and the president. William Garrison William Garrison played a major role in the American Abolitionist movement. He published a paper called the Liberator which said that slavery was wrong and we needed change immediately. In 1833 Garrison was head of a meeting that organized the American Anti-Slavery Society. Garrison's opinions were used throughout the existence of the society. Garrison cooperated easily with other major abolitionists until the 1840s when he met people like James Birney and Elizer Wright, Jr. Some of his beliefs drove these people from the society. Garrison didn't want slavery to be ended violently, but in the 1850s he used violent resistance to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law. After the Civil War Garrison worked to help black equality. John Brown John Brown was an abolitionist and is remembered mainly for his raid for the military weapons at Harpe...
