corporations. Many factors led to the upbringing of the Gilded Age. Industrialism after the civil war was supported and held up because of little to no governmental interventions. The Gilded Age played a huge part when it came to the economic and social reform that needed to take place after the civil war. During this age the economy grew
Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born on December 25th, 1821 to Stephen and Sarah Barton. She had two older brothers, Stephen and David. Born the only girl of this Oxford, Massachusetts family, her father hoped she would do big things one day. Clarissa, most commonly known as Clara, did go on to do big things with her life. The biggest accomplishment, and the one she is most known for, is establishing the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross, though, would not have been possible if Barton had not