Dorothea Dix-Devin
Accomplishments
- she the improved the condition of the wounded in the civil war and the condition for mentally ill people
- she made a science text book for children
- she taught at the age of 14
- she established many schools
- she was so well known by doctors and nurses they named things after her
- she saved lives during the civil war
What she is well known for
- being very successful in school
- helping mentally ill people
- being a nurse in the civil war
- writing a book
- establishing schools
- helping many sick people
- dying in July 18 188 of what her physician called ossification of the arterial membrane
- being born in April 4 1802