Dorothea Dix and Moral Treatment SW 5005 – American Social Welfare History and the Social Work Profession Brian Byerly 10/03/12 Brian Byerly Self-Assessment My current household consists of my girlfriend Carolyn‚ two dogs (13 year old Pug Ferris and 10 year old Corgi Freddy)‚ a kitten (6 month old Laney) and myself. The animals are for the most part a joy to experience‚ but the corgi has been exhibiting aggressive behavioral problems that have caused a great deal of
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Dorothea Dix: A Mental Institution Reformer Every day is the same to you; you wake up‚ read the paper‚ and drink your coffee. You work at the East Cambridge Prison‚ where you keep the inmates in order by whipping them‚ chaining them up‚ and by not giving them food. You know that the conditions are wrong and inhumane‚ but it’s a well-paying job. You don’t speak out because you’re worried about your family and three kids at home who need to be fed. Stories like these occurred in prisons and mental
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Dorothea Lynde Dix was mainly known for taking a stand for the treatment of the mentally ill. She saw that the mentally ill were living in inhumane living conditions‚ being kept in jails because of their illnesses‚ and felt that there needed to be a change. During a time where women did not even have the right to vote for their president‚ Dorothea Dix was able to convince several states to provide proper funding to build over thirty hospitals for the mentally ill across the United States. She believed
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Kristen Tilghman Professor Rucker AMH2010 October 27‚ 2015 A Women on a Mission In one life time Dorothea Dix managed to not just improve conditions of the mentally ill‚ but she also managed to publish several works in her lifetime. She was one of the most profound female political leaders of her time and helped to encourage many women’s reform movements. And along the way she shamed many political leaders‚ and stood up for the inmates and mentally ill who were being treated poorly in institutions
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The age of reform‚ during the 1800s‚ was a time of transformation for the greater good. Quite a few people had done immense things during this time‚ but the people I admire the most are Horace Mann and Dorothea Dix‚ two extravagant reformers of the age of reform. First‚ about Horace Mann. Horace Mann‚ born in 1796 in Massachusetts‚ was an American educational reformer. He was born into poverty‚ and therefore had to self-educate himself. Horace was very interested in the advancement of education
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Dorothea Dix In 1812 a 10 year old was given the responsibility of raising herself and her two younger brothers‚ this overwhelming task was in conjunction with the care-taking of her mentally ill mother and alcoholic father. Looking back on her life‚ the events of that fateful winter day visit in 1841‚ shaped her passion and future endeavours. The suffering of the insane inmates at the East Cambridge Jail‚ changed her forever. In retrospect‚ this sudden flash (heart wrenching visit) was
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LTA Essay Dorothea Lange‚ The photographer that I did my research on was born on May 26‚ 1895 in Hoboken‚ New Jersey. She lived in New Jersey until she went to study in New York City to become a teacher but later on she decided to leave the teaching career and focus on Photography. While focusing on becoming a Photographer‚ in 1919 she moved to San Francisco and opened a portrait studio in the city. Later in 1935‚ Dorothea was invited to join the Farm Security Administration and after that
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rapes‚ and the utter destruction of whole towns and cities Otto Dix struggled to remake these memories onto his art. Dix as an artist was not only influenced by World War One but as a true artist Dix in return changed the view of war to all peoples forever. Otto Dix was born Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix on December 2‚ 1891 to Ernst Franz Dix and Pauline Louise Dix. Wilhelm was the eldest son of the four surviving children in the Dix Family‚ although his older brother would die seven years before Otto’s’
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Disregarding her three-week tenure as a student at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art; Dorothea Tanning was a completely self-taught artist. Her early works have been considered some of her most notable‚ including‚ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1943)‚ which was painted while on her first trip to Sedona‚ Arizona. In spite of Mozart’s upbeat composition‚ for which the piece was named after‚ this unsettling oil-on-linen depicts two female figures who appear to be recovering from a brawl with a gargantuan sunflower
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Mother. The very word‚ for most‚ conjures up the notion of comfort‚ safety‚ and unconditional love. This idea of motherhood is capture in Dorothea Lange ’s picture‚ Migrant Mother. When one views the picture‚ one is struck by the tired look in her eyes and the hope for a better situation down the road. One has to wonder if Dorothea viewed this picture from a psychoanalytic perspective‚ social or formal analysis when constructing the actual shot. Knowing this adds an even greater depth to an understanding
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