During the American Civil War, which of the following women was active in the Underground Railroad movement and assisted in leading more than 300 slaves to freedom?

Question

a. Harriet Tubman
b. Clara Barton
c. Dorothea Dix
d. Mary Ann Ball (Mother Bickerdyke)

Answer 1

ANS: A
Harriet Tubman was active in the Underground Railroad movement and assisted in leading more than 300 slaves to freedom. Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, tended soldiers on the battlefields, cleansing their wounds, meeting their basic needs, and comforting them in death. As superintendent of the female nurses of the Union Army, Dorothea Lynde Dix organized hospitals, appointed nurses, and oversaw and regulated supplies to the troops. Mother Bickerdyke organized ambulance services and walked abandoned battlefields at night, looking for wounded soldiers.