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The Civil War (18611865) divided the people of the United States. Torn over the issues of slavery and states rights, the North and the South battled against each other in the deadliest American conflict ever fought. When the war ended, the country worked to unite and heal. Some of the people who lived and served during the Civil War era are among the nations most beloved heroes. From a young age, Clara Barton wanted to help people. Her kind nature led her to the battlefield to care for the wounded soldiers of the Civil War. After the war, she eventually traveled to Europe, where she encountered the International Red Cross. Seeing the impact it had providing aid in Europe, Barton worked to create a similar organization in the United States. Her persistence and determination were rewarded when she founded the American Red Cross.

A biography profiling the life of Catherine de Medici. Includes source notes and timeline.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the hero of the Texas Revolution who became the republic's first president.

A biography profiling the life of Wilma Mankiller, the first women elected to lead the Cherokee Nation. Includes source notes and timeline.

A biography profiling the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the American author who, in writing Uncle Tom's cabin, revealed the cruelties of slavery and further split an already divided country. Includes source notes and timeline.

A biography profiling and examining the life and times of the eighteenth president of the United States, Ulyses S. Grant, discussing his personal life as well as his military and political careers. Includes source notes and timeline.

A biography profiling the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a staunch supporter of women's rights who helped plan the historic woman's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. Includes source notes and timeline.

Covering important people from the American Civil War era, each title in this series includes fascinating sidebars, the subject's life at a glance, historical photopgraphs and paintings, engaging text based on primary sources, suggestions for further reading, pertinent Web sites, glossary, and more.

A biography profiling the life of Martha Washington, the first women to hold the position of first lady of the United States. Includes source notes and timeline.

A biography profiling the life Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the thirty-second president of the United States. Includes source notes and timeline.