Clara Barton
(1821-1912)

American Health Reformer
National Women's Hall of Fame
Points of Light Foundation Extra Mile Honoree

birthdate: December 25
birthplace: North Oxford, Massachusetts

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I have an almost complete disregard of precedent and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things always have been done .... I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind. I go for anything new that might improve the past.

I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man's work for less than a man's pay.

An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness.