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Birth
Dorthea Dix born in maine -
Moved in with her aunt
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Created a Elementary School
Created a school for the girls in her grandmother's mansion -
she found her religious home among Unitarians
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Published a textbook
"Conversations on Common Things" name of the text book published -
Caught tuberculosis
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Grandmother died
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returned to the United States
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Started teaching in Jail
Volunteered teaching sunday school -
Asked congress
asked congress to grant 12 million acres for a mental institution -
Vetoed by President Franklin Pierce
Bill to grant 12 million acres was vetoed -
named superintendent of nurses
Went to war -
contracted malaria
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Anne Heath died (her best friend)
She lost her best friend -
Death
She died in Trenton,NJ