This is the story of Clara Maass, she was born in East Orange, New Jersey, on June 28,1876. She was the oldest of nine sibling and took care of them as if they were her own children from a very young age. But even so she had to drop out of high school at 15 to help care for my family, and help her mother. Clara went to work as a nurse at an orphanage for ages 10-15. She did everything she could for them. She worked 110% at the orphanage. When she turned seventeen she went to study at Christina Trefz Training School of Nurses, and graduated only two years later. She graduated among the first students. It was her passion to be a nurse, so she traveled to Germany, where she had to work at a hospital, she was named head nurse of the institution. …show more content…
While she was dealing with everything Yellow Fever broke out everywhere and it was getting worse all over many countries.A young lady named Maj was calling for any volunteers they could to help them find a cure for the ghastly disease. She was well aware of the terrible things that the fever did to oneself. Nevertheless, she was determined to find a cure. Clara was shipped to Cuba. Where she was accepted to become infected in order to help find a cure for Yellow Fever.
There were seven people that were accepted. However, she and all the others were required to stay at the hospital where they could keep an eye on all of them. All seven volunteers were bitten by the infected mosquito, In hope to create an immunity to Yellow Fever. Clara herself had only caught a mild case of Yellow Fever, with a painfully throbbing headache and intense nausea. Clara lived, but unfortunately two young men died from the experiment. She had decided to sign up five more times to be infected. She wasn’t sure why, but she had such an interest in Yellow Fever and wanted to find a cure. She wasn’t accepted to do it the five other times she signed up, but over the course of the experiment more people died from the from it. Despite the dying people Clara knew
Clara also had another situation which called her towards helping others. At age 15, Barton became a teacher and later in her life opened a free public school in Brodertown, New Jersey. Can this woman get any better? I think not. Clara then moved to Washington D.C. to work as a clerk in the U.S. Paton Office in the 1850’s.
Amilia’s adventure Amilia Earheart was from Kansas. She was the first child of three. As she grew up her dad had a drinking problem so Amilia and her family moved to Chicago. Then in 1917 she went to visit her sister in Canada and came across injured soldiers. So Amilia went back to school to become a nurse.
FEVER 1793 During the summer of 1793, Matilda (Mattie) Cook lives in the family coffeehouse in Philadelphia with her mother and grandfather, Eliza and their pet parrot King George. Mattie spends her days dodging chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest coffeehouse Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever begins. In 1793 yellow fever began to grow everyday people started to die mother’s father’s sisters and more.
Anderson uses Matilda’s loss of people and her determination to keep going to show her overcoming challenges during the yellow fever epidemic. In multiple situations, Matilda was shown being separated from the people she holds closest to her. The most noteworthy of these events was when she had to leave her mother behind in Philadelphia and venture to safer lands and when her grandfather died before her eyes. After her mom falls sick the Doctor advising her confirms that she does, in fact, have yellow fever, and while talking to Mattie’s grandfather says “‘I advise you to send Matilda out of the city at once. ’”(pg.
Clara Barton’s life, like that of many other female reformers, was filled with hardships, victories, and accomplishments. She was a patent clerk, a nurse, the founder of the American Red Cross Association, and a teacher. Her achievements in the past have greatly affected the present and the future. During the early stages of her life, she was influenced by events that would later decide her future.
People are tired, weak, and sick, and they need a strong young girl to help take care of them. She has proven her helpfulness in a lot of different events throughout the novel. For instance, she helped take care of her mother who fell ill early into the story. She took care of her the best she could, all by herself. Evidence in the text states,” I took two extra clothes press and hurried upstairs to watch over Mother...
Another thing that was very unique about her was her loving and amazing nature. Clara made several things possible for the United States health. Clara was an ordinary child who become one of the most spectacular women in our history. Clara Barton’s early life began like most. Clara was born unto Stephan and Sarah Barton on December 25th, 1821.
She signs the papers and agrees to participate. Doctor Vivian Bearing goes under rigorous and painful experimental treatments. She is treated like a lab rat and the only humanity shown to her is by her nurse. She even says in the movie, “They read me like a book. Once I did the teaching, now I am taught”.
So naturally once the disease had you for a week you wanted anything that would satisfy you… and there was plenty humans. The virus stayed with you for five months in that state and then you just… burnt out and died. After one year of this insanity the world was hopeless about finding a cure, all the resources went to protecting the last of the people and the orphans. Schools were built to house the overwhelming amount of orphans.
Assignment on History and perspective Marry Ellen Richmond By- Ashish Kumar Enrolment number- R2014MH009 MARRY ELLEN RICHMOND Introduction Marry Richmond is known for the foundation of professional social work. Her researches on social work style given a new dimension and known as social case work management. Marry Richmond is well known for her ability of community organization, teaching and speaking on wide areas of subject.
Did you know that in 1793, more than 5000 people died from the Yellow Fever in Philadelphia? The book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, is a historical fiction about a girl named Matilda trying to survive against yellow fever with Her Mother, Grandfather, and Eliza in Philadelphia. The theme of the book is “Perseverance allows the overcoming of hardships and brings hope to those who persevere.” During the novel Fever 1793, Matilda endured through the entire Yellow Fever epidemic with it having ups and downs that built hope and destroyed it completely, this is a reason that perseverance allows the overcoming of hardships and brings hope to those who persevere. One example is when Mattie was with a child to take care of and is trying
In 1793 a fever infected Philadelphia that killed 10% of its population. The book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson is a historical fiction from a young girl named Matilda’s perspective. The book is about her experience dealing with the Yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. She learned many lessons and one of them was that fear can control you. Some of the reasons fear can control you is how it can make you leave what you know, it can make you turn on people, and it can make you vulnerable.
Women in her time had little to no power or privilege. She did many amazing things considering this, including the way she entered nursing. “Nursing education was not very formalized at that time and Clara did not attend nursing school” (Summers). Women did not get into nursing easily.
She watched her mother die slowly and she watched her dad struggle to take care of her. As a young kid or even as an adult watching the person who is supposed to raise you and teach about love, and everything you need to know in life will greatly affect what type of person you turn into. One of the most heartbreaking things you can go through as a child is watching your mother slowly die and then watching your father struggle to take care of her and provide for the family. Ida went through a lot, her mom was sick and then her mom’s sister Clara came to help out and caused a lot of drama in the family. All the fighting put a lot of stress on young Ida, “Mama charged Clara with sneaking into the house like an enemy, charger that she had always covered papa, berated her for taking advantage of illness to have her way” (283).
Her brother finally got her accept that their father was never coming home. That day she realized that her life was no longer going to be the same. She would have to grow up and quickly learn how to fend for herself. She was left with only her mother and her brother. They were deported into a ghetto that traumatized her for life.