DIWAN

term used in India for native head official of a state. town, built on either bank of Euphrates, Turkey in Asia; seat of government of Affech district transferred from Hillah to D., 1893; of strategic importance. 1887), philanthropist, 6. Hampton, Me. As @ young woman she inherited property and thereafter devoted her life to social service in reclaiming and alleviating the condition of the unfortunate, especially lunatics, paupers and criminals. She visited and investigated prisons, asylums and almshouses in every part of the country. More than thirty new institutions for the insane were established through her efforts. During the Civil War she was chief of the hospital nurses of the Union forces. She traveled in Europe, inquiring into the lot of the mentally defective there, and succeeded in promoting remedial action for the betterment. Congre appropriated $10,000 for erecting a memorial to her at her birthplace. She wrote on prisons and prison discipline and a number of books for children.