Who is Louise Day Hicks from Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families and what is their importance? Common_Ground:_A_Turbulent_Decade_in_the_Lives_of_Three_American_Families English & Literature Louise Day Hicks | Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families

Louise Day Hicks is born in Boston. Her father was a judge and her mother died when she is sixteen. She marries John J. Hicks. She works as a clerk in her father's law office. Louise drops out of Boston College Law School before finishing but eventually completes both her education and law degrees, in spite of having two sons. She is chairwoman of the Boston School Committee.