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	Dorothea Dix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802 – July 17, 1887) was an activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first generation of American mental asylums.
		Dix's land bill passed both houses of congress, but in 1854 President Franklin Pierce vetoed it, arguing that the federal government should not involve itself in social welfare.
		Stung by the defeat of her land bill, in 1854-55 Dix traveled to England and Europe, where she reconnected with the Rathbones and conducted investigations of Scotland's madhouses that precipitated the Scottish Lunacy Commission.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dorothea_Dix (583 words)

	Psychology History
		Dorothea Lynde Dix was born on April 4, 1802 in the town of Hampden, Maine.
		Dorothea was 12 at the time and though her grandmother was wealthy, Dorothea continued to care for her brothers.
		Dorothea was not accustomed to the wealthy lifestyle and hated the demands made of her.
	fates.cns.muskingum.edu /~psych/psycweb/history/dix.htm (1740 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)

	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.
		Dorothea had to sleep on the attic floor of their small cabin.
		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)

	Dorothea Lynde Dix was born in April of 1802 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dorothea Lynde Dix was born in April of 1802, in Hampden Maine, and she died in July of 1887.
		Dix was determined to get the mentally ill out of the appalling surroundings and treatment they were forced to live with.
		Dorothea went about getting the mentally ill out of their chains and cages and into "decent state hospitals." The dilemma with this was the need for state hospitals for the mentally ill had to be state funded.
	pittsford.monroe.edu /PittsfordMendon/socstud/decarlo/reform/Dix/Dix2/dixsum.htm (630 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 Lynde Dix
		Dorothea Lynde Dix was a strong woman who worked hard in her life to make a difference in other people’s lives.
		Dix was born on April 4, 1802, in the town of Hampden, Maine.
		Dix’s grandmother hired a dance instructor and a seamstress to cater to Dix’s personal needs, however she was not interested in any of these things (www.
	www.doingmyhomework.com /show_essay/7092.html (436 words)

	Dorothea Dix Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		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)

	BookRags: Dorothea Lynde Dix Biography
		Dorothea Dix is known for her pioneering work in the field of mental health.
		The Dix family, which included Dorothea's two younger brothers, was very poor, and Dorothea was often sent to Boston to live with her grandparents.
		Dix then reached out beyond Massachusetts, again investigating and documenting the conditions in which the mentally ill were housed in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/dorothea-lynde-dix-woh (948 words)

	Dorothea Lynde Dix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		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)

	Biography of Dorothea Lynde Dix \| Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix
		Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887) was an American reformer whose pioneer efforts to improve treatment of mental patients stimulated broad reforms in hospitals, jails, and asylums in the United States and abroad.On April 4, 1802, Dorothea Dix, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Dix, was born in Hampden, Maine.
		Dorothea remembered her childhood in that bleak, poverty-stricken household as a time of loneliness and despair.
		Two years later Dorothea went to Worcester to live with a great aunt and opened a school, which she maintained for 3 years.
	www.essayboom.com /biographies/Dorothea_Lynde_Dix-28547.html (331 words)

	Dorothea Lynde Dix - LoveToKnow 1911
		DOROTHEA LYNDE DIX (1802-1887), American philanthropist, was born at Hampden, Maine, on the 4th of April 1802.
		Her parents were poor and shiftless, and at an early age she was taken into the home in Boston of her grandmother, Dorothea Lynde, wife of Dr Elijah Dix.
		See Francis Tiffany, Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix (Boston, 1892).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Dorothea_Lynde_Dix (470 words)

	The Hall of Fame Inductees: Dorothea Lynde Dix - version 3.3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		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)

	Dix, Dorothea Lynde(6) = dordix7.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		) and Dr. Joseph DIX (who was the son of Elijah and Dorothea (Lynde) Dix.).
		Dorothea was born Feb 1802 Hampden, ME; died 28 July 1887 Trenton, NJ; unmarried.
		Miss Dix was well-known as a reformer and philanthropist, devoted to the cause of better treatment of the insane, the criminal, the disabled and the poor.
	bigelowsociety.com /rod7/dordix7.htm (237 words)

	DOROTHEA LYNDE DIX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dorothea Dix's job as superintendent of nurses of the U.S. Army during the Civil War was but one episode in a life spent crusading for prison and hospital reform.
		The Crimean War had set a precedent for using women as nurses, but the practice was alien in the United States, and Dix faced opposition from many army doctors.
		Thousands of eager young women were excluded from service for being too pretty, too young, or "overanxious." Some subordinates considered Dix high-handed and arbitrary, and they dubbed her "Dragon Dix".
	members.tripod.com /~beag27/dix.html (178 words)

	WWHP - Mechanics Hall Portraits: Dorothea Lynde Dix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		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)

	Dix, Dorothea Lynde - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		DIX, DOROTHEA LYNDE [Dix, Dorothea Lynde] 1802-87, American social reformer, pioneer in the movement for humane treatment of the insane, b.
		During the Civil War she was superintendent of women war nurses.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Dix, Dorothea Lynde" at HighBeam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-dix-d1oro.html (336 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)

	BookRags: Dorothea Lynde Dix Biography
		Dorothea Lynde Dix (4 April 1802-18 July 1887), reformer and miscellaneous writer, left an unhappy home environment in Hampden, Maine, when she was ten to live with her grandparents in Boston.
		The turning point in Dix's career came in 1841, when she began teaching at the East Cambridge House of Corrections.
		Shocked by the cruel and primitive conditions she saw there, Dix devoted the rest of her life to the reform of prisons and mental institutions.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/dorothea-lynde-dix-dlb (219 words)

	Dorothea Lynde Dix
		DIX, Dorothea Lynde, philanthropist, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, about 1794; died in Trenton, N.J., 19 July 1887.
		Miss Dix published anonymously "The Garland of Flora" (Boston, 1829), and "Conversations about Common Things," "Alice and Ruth," "Evening Hours," and other books for children; also, " Prisons and Prison Discipline " (Boston, 1845); and a variety of tracts for prisoners.
		She is also the author of many memorials to legislative bodies on the subject of lunatic asylums and reports on philanthropic subjects.
	www.famousamericans.net /dorothealyndedix (482 words)

	Gravesite of Dorothea Dix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Miss Dix was renown for her work and she had many friends of considerable influence.
		Because of her autocratic style and lack of experience she was not well regarded and was relieved of this position.
		Miss Dix returned to the Trenton State Hospital, which she considered her home for the last six years of her life.
	www.aahn.org /gravesites/dix.html (269 words)

	The Honored Women
		Dorothea Lynde Dix was born on the Maine frontier when it was still part of Massachusetts.
		Dix devoted the rest of her life to changing this; with singleminded fervor, she became the “voice for the mad.”
		When the Civil War broke out, Dix hoped to become the American Florence Nightingale, but her tenure as Superintendent of Women Nurses for the Union was not a success.
	www.mfh.org /specialprojects/shwlp/site/honorees/dix.html (489 words)

	Trexle - Dix, Dorothea Lynde
		Dorothea Dix - Biography and description of efforts in education and among prisoners and the mentally ill, prepared by an admirer.
		Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities: Dorothea Lynde Dix - Biography of the nurse and reformer from the MFH State House Women's Leadership Project.
		Psychiatric News: Dorothea Lynde Dix, A Woman Ahead of Her Time - Article by Janet Eddy Ordway about Dix's efforts on behalf of the mentally ill.
	www.trexle.com /Directory/Top/Health/Nursing/History/Dix,_Dorothea_Lynde (97 words)

	DOROTHEA LYNDE DIX - THIRD PERSON AUTOGRAPH NOTE
		After she toured state institutions from 1841-1843, she wrote a report for the Massachusetts State Legislature detailing the inhumane treatment of the insane.
		During the Civil War, Dix served as Superintendent of women nurses in the Army.
		Irregular left and right edges of note and leaf from being separated and repaired with tape, which is still present.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/12_2002/women/DOROTHEA_LYNDE_DIX.htm (221 words)

	DOROTHEA LYNDE DIX - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED
		Crusader for humane treatment for the mentally ill is going to visit hospitals.
		In part: "I am just on the moment of setting off for the Hospitals and can only say that I have yr card...cannot come to you this Evg.
		Letters of Dix mentioning her visits to hospitals are very desirable.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/10_2000/master/DOROTHEA_LYNDE_DIX.htm (196 words)

	AT&T Worldnet Service - Directory
		Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities: Dorothea Lynde Dix - http://www.mfh.org/specialprojects/shwlp/site/honorees/dix.html
		Biography of the nurse and reformer from the MFH State House Women's Leadership Project.
		Psychiatric News: Dorothea Lynde Dix, A Woman Ahead of Her Time - http://www.psych.org/pnews/98-10-16/hx.html
	www.att.net /cgi-bin/webdrill?catkey=gwd/Top/Health/Nursing/History/Dix,_Dorothea_Lynde (201 words)

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