Dorothea Dix and Clara Barton are both known for their Civil War efforts as what?

Dorothea Dix and
Clara Barton are both recognized for their remarkable humanitarian work during the Civil War
(1861€“1865). In nineteenth-century America, women played a subordinate role in a male-dominated
society. Because of that, they had to overcome the common stereotypes that limited women's roles
outside the home. For instance, prior to the war, Barton established a school but then resigned
rather than work under a male principal. Dix also faced and overcame adversity before she also
opened a school in 1821.

Remarkable women were needed during the hard-fought
Civil War. The war was much more destructive and bloody than anyone had envisaged. The soldiers,
especially wounded troops, did not usually receive the care and services they needed.

Prior to the war, Dix made a name for herself as a prison and mental-health care
reformer. In 1861, she was appointed Superintendent of Female Nurses. Her authority was not
well-defined, and she was not an ideal administrator. But she helped recruit thousands of women
who worked as paid army nurses during the war.

Clara Barton was working in
the US Patent Office when the Civil War began. During the war, she excelled at acquiring
provisions and supplies for the troops and distributing them as needed. She also searched for
missing soldiers and did some nursing. Although her role was not limited to nursing, she became
Superintendent of Nurses in the Army of the James in 1864. After the war, she founded the
American Red Cross.