Did you know that Clara Barton (battlefield nurse and founder of the American Red Cross) was so shy as a girl she barely spoke?  Of that she spent much of the Civil War on Hilton Head Island? Or that she traveled across SC to identify the dead at Andersonville prison in Georgia? Or that at age 72, she spent 10 months in Beaufort, SC rebuilding the Lowcountry after the devastating 1893 South Sea Island hurricane?

Find out more at this Chautauqua discussion – because its not just history – it’s personal.

Discussion led by Judith Bainbridge, PhD, professor emeritus Furman University and author of four books on Greenville history.

• Tue March 18 at 7pm

• Sat March 22 at 1:30pm

Hughes Main Library, 25 Heritage Green PL, Greenville, SC

Free event and parking

For more info:  greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org or contact 864.244.1499 caroline@greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org

This discussion series based on the characters from the June 2014 Chautauqua History Alive Festival “Rising to the Occasion” continues with:

Harry Truman (Tue Apr 8 at 7pm) – George Frein, PhD

Patrick Henry (Tue May 6 at 7pm – Cynthia King, PhD