Born in Hampden, Maine, in 1820, she founded a school for girls in Boston, and she served as its superintendent for 15 years.  
Born in Hampden, Maine, in 1820, she founded a school for girls in Boston, and she served as its superintendent for 15 years.  During the Civil War she served in the Union army as superintendent for women nurses, and her writings include the 1829 book The Garland of Flora and an 1845 book about Massachusettss prisons.  For ten points, identify this woman who, in 1843, successfully petitioned the Massachusetts state legislature to reform its prison system and helped build or enlarge 32 mental hospitals on three continents.
Born in Hampden, Maine, in 1820, she founded a school for girls in Boston, and she served as its superintendent for 15 years.  
Dorothea Dix