she had to take frequent breaks from her career as a teacher. She got a job teaching inmates in an East Cambridge prison. Conditions were very inhumane and rough, she then began agitating at once from their improvement, this was known as the Asylum Movement. Dorothea accomplished similar goals in Rhode Island and New York, eventually she crossed the country and expanded her work into Europe and more. During the Civil war, Dorothea volunteered her services just after the first week. She was soon appointed to organize and outfit the Union Army hospitals and to also oversee the experienced nursing staff that was required. She was the first women to serve at such a high capacity in the federally appointed role. She was very disliked and feared