Critique of
Critique of
Critique of "Clara Barton’s Finest Hour By Stephen B. Oates"
Clara Barton is best known for establishing the American Red Cross. However, as Stephen Oates points out, her greatest achievement came during the Civil War, as an independent wartime nurse. He tells of her struggle to be accepted in a field that was exclusively male. He describes her as having emotional problems that derived from low self-esteem. He tells how the Civil War turned …showed first 75 words of 767 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 767 total…do it well. The Civil War not only released blacks from the bondage of slavery; it empowered women.
The essay was well organized. It flowed easily from one paragraph to the next. I have to say that Stephen Oates did write a very interesting piece. I tried to research information about Clara and the Civil War. However, I found very little information. I wish Oates had given a source for the anecdotes he wrote about.