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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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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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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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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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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their lives and in reality. In spite of all their problems‚ Dorothea Dix‚ Irena Sendler‚ and Thurgood Marshall always helped people no matter their age‚ race‚ or gender. Dorthea Dix’s early life‚ humanitarian acts‚ and later life have contributed to the way mankind views the mentally ill today. To begin with‚ she was born on April 4‚ 1802 in Hampden‚ Maine. Dorothea was the first of three children; daughter of Joseph Dix and Mary Bigelow Dix (Bumb‚
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Janet Sonka Mrs. Kniesely English 1 – 4th period 29 September 2013 Dix Hill Original Source/Context: Dorothea Dix was an advocate for improvements in the treatment of patients suffering from mental and emotional disorders and was the most visible humanitarian reformer of the 19th century. In March‚ 1841 a student was frustrated with his teaching efforts for a class of women incarcerated in the East Cambridge jail. Dix decided to teach the class herself. What she saw shocked her and changed her life
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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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