Just in case you can’t visit the display in Hornbake Library,Defining “Normal,” here are some of the items we’re featuring to celebrate Women’s History Month!
“Single Blessedness”
Does marriage define a normal woman? Clara Barton never married, but she accomplished great things that have inspired both men and women alike. At the same time, women who look forward to marriage and raising families may face scorn and discrimination, both from the workplace, society, and other feminists.
Clara Barton
Do you think Clara Barton, the American Red Cross founder known as the “Angel of the Battlefield,” is “trapped by so-called single blessedness?” (Single Girl, Dr. Brown).
- Barton established the first free public school in Bordentown, New Jersey
- She served as a clerk in the U.S. Patent Office, one of the first regularly appointed female civil servants
- Until Clara Barton, women were not allowed in hospitals or…
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