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Presentation by: Katie Wierzbicki AND Spencer B Keiser

Biography: Personal Life Born: April 4, Died: July 18, Born in Hampden, Maine. Ran away from home at age 12 to her grandma in Boston Opened her own private school at age 14 She was a Unitarian, appreciated Unitarian goodness of God Close friend of William Ellery Channing, famous pastor of Federal Street Church in Boston. She never married

Biography: Professional Life She was a teacher her whole life Strong advocate for the mentally ill Superintendent of United States Army Nurses in the Civil War All of her work for the mentally ill was destroyed because of overcrowding in her hospitals Published many books (ex: American Moral Tales for Young Persons, The Garland of Flora, Meditations for Private Hours)

General Info She provided extensive care for the mentally ill She had a passion for teaching She traveled the world inspecting jails and hospitals for inhumane conditions

Specific Contributions She was the Superintendent of Union Army Nurses during the Civil War Set the guidelines for nurse uniforms that has remained the precedent throughout history. “All nurses are required to be plain looking women. Their dresses must be brown or black, with no bows, no curls, no jewelry, and no hoop-skirts.”

Effects of her Contributions She reformed asylums and prisons into better places Improved the treatments of the mentally handicapped. New institutions rose up because of her, and incompetent staff of hospitals were replaced. “I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.”

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