There are many types of heroes. There are those who became heroes because of one event in which they demonstrated great amount of courage and saved the lives of others. Others are heroes because they overcame some adversity that they overcame such as losing a leg or being crippled due to an illness, or even, a battle won against cancer. Another type of hero is a person who had an easy life but chose to,give that up to help others. That was the type of hero that Julia Tutwiler was.
Julia was born into a fairly wealthy family in Alabama during the mid 1800's. Though she could have had a life of privilege with servants to do her chores, she felt a greater calling and that was to help others. Her first crusade was to improve the conditions in prisons