Dorothea Dix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802 – July 17, 1887) was an American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congr...
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We hope you will learn about the hospital and its founder, Dorothea Lynde Dix, through the various links provided below. ... Dorothea Dix Biography ... Dorothea Dix Hospital History...
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www.ncdhhs.gov/mhddsas/dix/
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Dorthea Dix was born in Maine in April of 1802. Her childhood was miserable; in later years she never wished to discuss it. Although it is probable that she survived her childhood because of the deeply held qualities of determination and compassion that she held within her.
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library.thinkquest.org/3776/Dorthea_Dix.html
library.thinkquest.org/3776/Dorthea_Dix.html
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A week after the attack on Fort Sumter, Dix, at age 59, volunteered her services to the Union and received the appointment in June 1861 placing her in charge of all women nurses working in army hospitals. Serving in that position without pay through the entire war, Dix quickly molded her vaguely defined duties.
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www.civilwarhome.com/dixbio.htm
www.civilwarhome.com/dixbio.htm
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Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802-July 18, 1887), in her early career a teacher and author of children's books, was, in her unique and international role as an advocate for improvements in the treatment of patients suffering from mental and emotional disorders, the most visible humanitarian reformer of the 19th century.
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www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/dorotheadix.html
www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/dorotheadix.html
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Dorothea Dix is known as one of the most influential social reformers of the nineteenth century. In 1841 Dix, then a teacher, volunteered to teach a Sunday school class to the women in the East Cambridge Jail in Massachusetts.
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www.nwhm.org/Education/biography_ddix.html
www.nwhm.org/Education/biography_ddix.html
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Dorothea Lynde Dix, daughter of Mary and Joseph Dix, was born in the tiny village of Hampden, Maine, on April 4, 1802. Her father, an itinerant preacher and publisher of religious tracts, had married much against his parents' wishes and had left their home in Boston to settle on what were then "wilderness lands" in...
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www.dhhs.state.nc.us/mhddsas/DIX/dorothea.html
www.dhhs.state.nc.us/mhddsas/DIX/dorothea.html
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Dorothea Dix ... Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887) was a reformer for the treatment of the mentally ill. Dix’s early years were spent with her family in Boston, where in 1921 she opened her own dame school. Due to failing health she stopped teaching and went to England.
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www.humboldt1.com/~history/rogerson/dorthea.htm
www.humboldt1.com/~history/rogerson/dorthea.htm
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