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	The Extra Mile - Points of Light Volunteer Pathway
		Dorothea Lynde Dix was the oldest of three children born to an itinerant Methodist preacher, Joseph Dix, and his wife, Mary Bigelow Dix.
		Although Joseph Dix came from a wealthy Boston family, he was rejected by his parents for his inability to succeed at anything and for marrying a penniless woman of a far lower social class.
		Dix took detailed notes, which she used as the basis for her "Memorials." These were carefully written, lengthy reports that she convinced her influential friends to present to legislators.
	www.extramile.us /honorees/dix.cfm (1518 words)

	USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67) was an Elizabeth C. Stanton-class transport ship of the United States Navy named for Dorothea Dix (1802–1887).
		Dorothea L. Dix was launched 22 June 1940 as Exemplar by Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Miss P. Kalloch; transferred to the Navy 13 September 1942; and commissioned 17 September 1942, Captain L. Schulten in command.
		Dorothea L. Dix arrived at Gourock Bay, Scotland, 17 October 1943, and sailed 10 days later for Algiers where she exchanged troops for 243 survivors of Beatty (DD-630) and for Oran to embark Army troops.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Dix_(AP-67) (670 words)

	The four who made the name Dix famous
		Dorothea Lynn Dix, born in Hampden, Maine, in1802, was a contemporary of MG Dix.
		SSG Dix, with a patrol of Vietnamese soldiers, was recalled to assist in the defense of Chau Phu.
		Learning that a nurse was trapped in a house near the center of the city, SSG Dix organized a relief force, successfully rescued the nurse and returned her to the safety of the Tactical Operations Center.
	www.dix.army.mil /history/thenamedix.htm (1049 words)

	Dorothea Dix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802 – July 17, 1887) was a social activist who, from the early 1840s to well after the American Civil War lobbied almost every State's legislature to create asylums for the insane.
		In England, she spent a year living on the estate of the Rathbone family, eminent Quaker reformers, where she recovered.
		"Dorothea Dix." Women's Intellectual Contributions to the Study of Mind and Society.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dorothea_Dix (186 words)

	Dorothea Dix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dorothea then proceeded to visit jails and almshouses, where the mentally ill were housed, in other parts of Boston and soon her investigations extended over the entire state of Massachusetts.
		Dorothea Dix - Biography and description of efforts in education and among prisoners and the mentally ill, prepared by an admirer.
		Dorothea Dix and The State’s First Lunatic Asylum - It wasn't a good idea to be insane in New Jersey 150 years ago.
	www.nurses.info /personalities_dorothea_dix.htm (506 words)

	Dorothea Dix by Samuel Bell Waugh
		Dix had earned a national reputation as a reformer for her efforts to improve the institutional care of the mentally ill. An admirer of Florence Nightingale, Dix modeled herself on the young British nurse, whose humanitarian administrations in the Crimean War won her international acclaim.
		Dix was a confirmed spinster on the brink of sixty, dour in temperament, disciplined in her work, and totally dedicated to the task at hand—the management and placement of all women nurses who volunteered their services in the government hospitals.
		In memory of Dorothea Dix’s pioneering efforts to improve conditions for the mentally ill, this portrait was commissioned by St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D. C., an institution founded by Dix.
	www.civilwar.si.edu /leaders_dix.html (441 words)

	History of Dorothea Lynde Dix
		BIOGRAPHY OF Dorothea Lynde Dix, daughter of Mary and Joseph Dix, was born in the tiny village of Hampden, Maine, on April 4, 1802.
		From the time she was old enough to hold a needle, Dorothea had to sit all day pushing a difficult needle through heavy folded paper stitching religious tracts for her father to sell.
		It was this visit that started Dorothea on her life's work to improve conditions for the mentally ill. At once she started a campaign to have stoves placed in the cells and to have the inmates fully clothed.
	www.dhhs.state.nc.us /mhddsas/DIX/dorothea.html (1412 words)

	Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society: Dorothea Dix and the founding of Illinois' first mental hospital
		Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) was an indefatigable New England reformer who brought the plight of the mentally ill to the people and governing bodies of several states and foreign countries.
		This paper summarizes Dorothea Dix's life and work and then turns to her efforts in Illinois in connection with the founding and later development of Illinois' first mental hospital, established by an Act of the Legislature in March 1847 and located in Jacksonville.
		Dorothea Dix was born in the small settlement of Hampden, Maine in 1802.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3945/is_199904/ai_n8830406 (1488 words)

	Dorothea Lynde Dix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dorothea's father had such a strong missionary spirit that he neglected to meet the physical needs of his family.
		When Dix was nineteen she started a new school for girls In one of the classes they studied botany through field trips.
		Dix was appalled at the conditions she found there.
	www.wmol.com /whalive/dix.htm (310 words)

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		Dix was also educating herself by reading out of her grandfathers library.(Wilson 242) With all the pressures from her grandmother, including discipline, restraint, and self control, Dorothea realized she had only exchanged an unhappy life with her family to an unhappy life with her grandmother.
		Dorothea began taking students in 1821.(Gollaher 40) In her schools, she established her own curriculum stressing natural sciences, the responsibility of ethical living, and strong discipline.(Van Doven 280) She then opened a second school within the Dix Mansion which welcomed a higher class of students who were capable of paying more.
		Dorothea Dix died at the age of eighty-five of arteriosclerosis, and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.(Wilson 243)
	www.harwich.edu /depts/history/HHJ/dix.html (3233 words)

	Biography of Dorothea Lynde Dix
		Departing a 24-year career as a school teacher, Dorothea Dix began her second career at the age of 39 when she embarked on a career as a nurse.
		Although Dix was not formally trained as a nurse, her tenacity and exceptional organizational skills impressed the secretary of war, Simon Cameron, who appointed her as the superintendent of Union Army Nurses.
		Dorothea Lynde Dix died in 1887 at the age of 85 and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
	www.nursingadvocacy.org /press/pioneers/dix.html (881 words)

	Dorothea Dix Hospital
		Dorthea Lynde Dix, New England born American humanitarian and noted social reformer, started a school for girls at the age of 19 and then devoted her life to prison reform and care of the insane.
		Dix waged a one-woman national campaign for reform of asylums and prisons that eventually took her to every state east of the Rocky Mountains.
		Dix refused to affix her name to the institution; however, upon her death in 1889, the name was changed to honor her.
	www.ncsu.edu /ligon/rt/dix/dix.htm (592 words)

	Dorothea Dix
		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.
		Dorothea (as a child called Dolly) was born in Hampden, Maine, the first of three children of Joseph and Mary (Bigelow) Dix.
		Dix's work as a teacher was interrupted from time to time by a recurring and severe upper respiratory ailment, aggravated by a work schedule that afforded too little sleep.
	www.uua.org /uuhs/duub/articles/dorotheadix.html (2144 words)

	North Carolina Collection-This Month in North Carolina History - Dorthea Dix Hospital
		Dorothea Lynde Dix was a New Englander born in 1802.
		Dorothea Dix refused to allow the hospital to be named after herself, although she did permit the site on which it was built to be called Dix Hill in honor of her father.
		Dorothea Lynde Dix, Memorial soliciting a state hospital for the protection and cure of the insane: submitted to the General Assembly of North Carolina, November, 1848.
	www.lib.unc.edu /ncc/ref/nchistory/jan2006 (625 words)

	Why Do We Volunteer?
		Dorothea Dix was 39 years old, and she suffered from serious health problems, but Nichols hoped she could give him some advice.
		Dorothea Dix was born in 1802, the oldest in a family of three children.
		When Dorothea was thirteen years old, her mother became an invalid, probably because of problems related to the birth of the family's third child.
	www.cedarlane.org /99serms/s991003.html (2471 words)

	Dorothea Dix Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		Called "Dragon Dix" by some, the superintendent was stern and brusque, clashing frequently with the military bureaucracy and occasionally ignoring administrative details.
		Dix looked after the welfare of both the nurses, who labored in an often brutal environment, and the soldiers to whom they ministered, obtaining medical supplies from private sources when they were not forthcoming from the government.
	www.civilwarhome.com /dixbio.htm (296 words)

	Dorothea Dix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dorothea Dix was an educator and social reformer whose devotion to the welfare of the mentally ill led to widespread reforms in the United States and abroad.
		From the time she was fourteen, Dorothea Dix was an educator, first working in a girls school in Worcester, Massachusetts and then operating her own girls school in Boston for over ten years.
		Dix began an investigation into the conditions for insane asylums, submitted a report to the Massachusetts legislature in 1843 that detailed her findings.
	ehistory.osu.edu /uscw/features/people/bio.cfm?PID=25 (283 words)

	Beyond Affliction: Dorothy Dix & Franklin Pierce Highlight Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The issue pitted Dorothea Dix, a nationally respected advocate for the retarded, against Franklin Pierce, the President and an outspoken critic of federal involvement in state and local issues.
		Dix had petitioned Congress to sell federal lands to states who in turn would sell the lands again and hold the proceeds in a trust that would pay for the building and administration of several state insane asylums.
		The bill Dorothea Dix was urging on Congress proposed that 10,000,000 acres of land be distributed to each of the states as endowments for the care of the insane.
	www.npr.org /programs/disability/ba_shows.dir/work.dir/highlights/dixfrank.html (502 words)

	Dorothea Dix
		Dorothea Lynde was born to a circuit-riding Methodist preacher, Joseph Dix, and his wife Mary Bigelow Dix, on the Maine frontier.* She left at the age of 12 to live with her grandmother in Worcester, Massachusetts.
		Dix's charges were spurned, but she made the situation public and efforts were made to improve conditions.
		Dix experienced one major setback: Her push for federal land grants to endow state mental hospitals was a failure.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1092.html (638 words)

	Dorthea Dix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		Dix returned to Boston in 1837, but it was not until 1841 that she began her work as a reformer.
		Dix’s complaints to a local court as well as a newspaper campaign brought reforms.
	www.humboldt1.com /~history/rogerson/dorthea.htm (298 words)

	Mass Moments: Dorothea Dix Begins Her Crusade
		Dorothea Dix is one of six women included in "Hear Us," a work of art honoring the contributions of women to public life in Massachusetts permanently installed in the State House in the fall of 1999.
		Dix is one of four Worcester area women honored with portraits in the city's historic Mechanics Hall.
		Dorothea Lynde Dix was born on the Maine frontier in 1802, when it was still part of Massachusetts.
	www.massmoments.org /moment.cfm?mid=96 (1034 words)

	The Hall of Fame Inductees: Dorothea Lynde Dix - version 3.3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Honored in the nursing profession as an American scholar, educator, and crusader, Dorothea Lynde Dix earned universal renown for her interest, activity, and pioneer work for reform of mental institutions and psychiatric care.
		Dix began her drive for improvement in the care of the mentally ill in Massachusetts in 1841.
		Although she had no formal nurses training, Dix established such an impressive record of organizational skill in her humanitarian crusade that she was appointed superintendent of the female nurses of the Army by secretary of war, Simon Cameron, in 1861.
	www.ana.org /hof/dixxdl.htm (177 words)

	Dorothea Lynde Dix: Known as Dragon Dix - History Celebrities
		Dorothea Dix was born on April 4, 1802, in Hampden, Maine, and raised by an invalid mother, followed by a strict grandmother, then a kind aunt.
		Dorothea was a woman who committed herself totally toward her work, and as a result, suffered from exhaustion, which led to various illnesses.
		Dix then spent the next twenty years working tirelessly investigating prison and asylum conditions and successfully campaigned for reform from state to state, as well as Canada and Europe.
	www.aboutfamouspeople.com /article1017.html (825 words)

	Dorothea Dix Hospital Findings
		Ward configurations at Dix prohibit patients having normal patterns of living in at least two areas—going outside on a regular basis and visiting with family and friend
		Dix staff is not always deployed in a manner that provides intensive therapeutic activity during the entire week.
		At Dix, the responsibility for staff development is split between nursing and educational support services.
	www.naminc.org /news/dix.htm (333 words)

	Maine Secretary of State Kid's Page - Famous People
		Born in Hampden, Maine, Dorothea Dix pioneered care and treatment for the mentally ill. During her travels to hospitals and prisons across the country, Dix observed the deplorable manner in which the mentally ill and handicapped of this nation were being treated.
		Dix petitioned state legislatures to allocate funding for the establishment of properly run mental institutions.
		During the Civil War, Dix served as the supervisor of nurses for the Union army.
	www.state.me.us /sos/kids/allabout/people/d_dix.htm (107 words)

	WWHP - Mechanics Hall Portraits: Dorothea Lynde Dix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887) was the granddaughter of Elijah Dix, a prominent Boston physician and Dorothy (Lynde) Dix of a leading Worcester family.
		Born in Hampden, Maine, she was a humanitarian crusader for the mentally ill, superintendent of army nurses during the Civil War, friend and protegee of William Ellery Channing, the Unitarian leader.
		Stokes was born in Bournemouth, England, and raised and educated in India and Sri Lanka.
	www.wwhp.org /Activities/Portraits/dix.html (245 words)

	Dorothea Dix
		Dorothea Dix was born in Hampden, Maine, on 4th April, 1802.
		Dix ran the school until 1834 when suffering from tuberculosis she decided to retire.
		On the outbreak of the American Civil War Dix was appointed as superintendent of women nurses for the federal government.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USACWdixD.htm (353 words)

	Dorothea Dix Campus Master Plan Oversight Committee
		In Session Law 2004-124, the General Assembly directed the State Property Office of the NC Department of Administration to develop a new master plan for the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Hospital Campus.
		In the 2003 Session, the General Assembly authorized financing for the replacement of two psychiatric hospitals, Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh and John Umstead Hospital in Butner.
		The Dorothea Dix Property Study Commission (the Dix Commission) held a series of public meetings, including a public hearing, to gather information about the potential sale of the Dix Campus.
	www.wakegov.com /agendas/september20/16/oversight.htm (426 words)

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