{"product_id":"clara-barton-elizabeth-brown-pryor-9780812212730","title":"Clara Barton: Professional Angel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWidely known today as the \"Angel of the Battlefield,\" Clara Barton's personal life has always been shrouded in mystery. In \u003ci\u003eClara Barton, Professional Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth Brown Pryor presents a biography of Barton that strips away the heroic exterior and reveals a complex and often trying woman. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the papers Clara Barton carefully saved over her lifetime, this biography is the first one to draw on these recorded thoughts. Besides her own voluminous correspondence, it reflects the letters and reminiscences of lovers, a grandniece who probed her aunt's venerable facade, and doctors who treated her nervous disorders. She emerges as a vividly human figure. Continually struggling to cope with her insecure family background and a society that offered much less than she had to give, she chose achievement as the vehicle for gaining the love and recognition that frequently eluded her during her long life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot always altruistic, her accomplishments were nonetheless extraordinary. On the battlefields of the Civil War, in securing American participation in the International Red Cross, in promoting peacetime disaster relief, and in fighting for women's rights, Clara Barton made an unparalleled contribution to American social progress. Yet the true measure of her life must be made from this perspective: she dared to offend a society whose acceptance she treasured, and she put all of her energy into patching up the lives of those around her when her own was rent and frayed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Brown Pryor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812212738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812212730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Elizabeth Brown Pryor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947274535167,"sku":"9780812212730","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_35d6ba98-40bb-4fc5-8b9f-cca7173a81f9.jpg?v=1681517747","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/clara-barton-elizabeth-brown-pryor-9780812212730","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}