With the Bible available in the people's native language, rates of literacy increased. With the Bible available in the people's local library, business at bookstores declined.
Ed by Horace Mann, the great educational reformer, a movement was led to create mandatory public education in America. It was eventually successful. 1. Reformers led by Dorothea Dix led the way to more modern treatment of the mentally ill.
They never stayed in one specific area, they moved alot