What Is Dorothy's Childhood

Dorothy was born in Hampden, Maine. She was born in 1812 and had a bad childhood with parents that suffered from substance abuse as well as alcohol addiction. Growing up, she ended took care of her two younger siblings because her parents were not healthy enough to take the role. When she was only twelve she ended up moving to Boston and there, she lived with her grandmother. Later on, she opened up multiple prestigious schools in Boston where she lived. She traveled to England with some friends soon after. There, she visited a prison with many mental health victims. Her childhood and her trip influenced her to help clean up the prisons and get the criminals help. Around 1860 she became the superintendent of female nurses for the Civil war.