a DJosh Wang Mr. Raphael US 1 History Honors 23 March 2013 Dorothea Dix: Mother of American Asylums Dear Admissions office at the University of the United States‚ From 1824‚ Dorothea Dix has proved to be valuable to social reform in the United States. After visiting multiple prisons and seeing the mentally insane housed together with criminals‚ Dix began a national movement to treat the insane in more benevolent ways. Her religious beliefs also influenced her to recognize the need for rehabilitation
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"If I am cold‚ they are cold; if I am weary‚ they are distressed; if I am alone‚ they are abandoned." - Dorothea Dix Dorothea L. Dix and the Establishment of the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum Prior to the Industrial Revolution‚ traditional institutions like the family‚ church‚ and local communities were charged with the care of orphaned children‚ the elderly‚ the indigent‚ and the mentally ill. As the Revolution flourished it greatly evolved the economy‚ social structure‚ and political
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would care for them cheapest. But in 1844 the Yankee reformer Dorothea Dix came to New Jersey to agitate for the construction of a modern state asylum. To prove her point‚ she traveled around the state to document the horrible conditions facing the mentally ill. She found people living in filth‚ chained up‚ and beaten. At the Morris County Poor House she found that the violently insane were kept in the cellar‚ where‚ said Dix‚ one would not want to keep a dog. In Essex County‚ men‚ women
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Dorothea Dix made life for the mentally ill grand compared to how it was before she took interest in their health and well being. Dorothea Dix was the first American to take interest in how the mentally ill were treated and spoke out about it. Dorothea Dix was a woman making a change in a time where woman were still not equal to men. She was one of the few women who spoke out against something during her time period. Dorothea Dix was the start of the interest in the human brain and its defects. If
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Dorothea Lynde Dix was quoted as saying‚ "In a world where there is so much to be done‚ I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do." Dix began at the age of 39‚ and spent the next 20 years as a social reformer for the treatment of the mentally ill. When asked to teach a Sunday School class at a women’s correctional facility‚ Dix was appalled at the conditions‚ as well as the fact that many of the women weren’t criminals‚ but were instead mentally ill. This is where her
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with 24/7 watch and people also believed in institutionalization for family whom people could no longer take care of. It all began with Dorothea Dix‚ who was an activist during the 1840’s. Dorothea’s goal was to better the living conditions for the mentally ill after witnessing the dangerous and unhealthy conditions in which many patients lived. Dorothea Dix was able to use her knowledge to convince the United States government to fund the building of 32
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The Life and Impact of Dorothea Dix: A 19th Century Revolutionary By Chandrawatie Khemraj Introduction In 2009‚ the staff writers of Nurseblogger‚ an Online resource for nurses‚ doctors‚ and medical enthusiasts‚ published a list titled the‚ “25 Most Famous Nurses in History”. Number 20 on their list was a woman by the name of Dorothea Dix. On a list featuring big nursing names like Florence Nightingale and Mary Mahoney‚ Dorothea Dix is a strange choice for a landmark woman of nursing
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England‚ Dix returned to America curious how the US government treated the mentally unstable. Dix spent many years petitioning Congress‚ drafting legislation‚ and documenting her visits to various states. Dix first succeeded with the construction of the North Carolina State Medical Society in 1849‚ dedicated to the care of the mentally ill. She also assisted with legislation that called for 12‚225 acres of land to be used for the “insane‚” with proceeds of its sale going to build mental asylums. Her
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Biography of Dorothea Dix By Samuel L. Sexton #30 B.C. Dorothea Lynde Dix was born in 1802 and died in 1887. She was an author‚ teacher‚ and reformer. She worked with prisoners and the mentally ill people. Because of this she helped make dozens of new institutions in the United States and in Europe and also helped change peoples’ view of these people. Dorothea Dix was born in Hampden‚ Maine‚ in 1802. Her father’s name was Joseph who was an itinerant Methodist preacher. He was often away from home
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Dorothea Dix Nov. 12th 2013 Life Chart Name of Biographee: Dorothea H. Dix Date of Birth: April 4‚ 1802 Date of Death: July 17‚ 1887 Place of Birth: Hampden‚ Maine Location where this individual spent her early life: Worcester/Boston‚ Massachusets Education: Tutored‚ homeschooled‚ self taught Spouse: N/A Children: N/A Significant Relatives: N/A Careers: Education‚ Author‚ Activist‚ War Nurse Most Significant Careers: Education‚ Activist Years of most significant effect on the history
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