Dorothea Dixon

Dorothea Rebeccea Dixon, age 40s, York, PA View Details

Locations: York PA, Washington DC Possible Relatives: Stephanie Luretha Bailey, Alvin Trenel Dixon, Anita N Dixon

Dorothea E Dixon, age 50s View Details

Possible Relatives: Ronald J Britt, Bill R Dixon, Bill D Dixon

Dorothea E Dixon, age 93, Waco, TX View Details

Cities: Union OR, Pocatello ID

Dorothea E Dixon, age 89, Aurora, IL View Details

Cities: Union OR, Pocatello ID Possible Relatives: Albert Bruce Dixon, Dorothy Lenore Dixon, Leann Ann Dixon

Dorothea E Dixon, age 93, Waco, TX View Details

Locations: Union OR, Pocatello ID

Dorothea Pope Dixon, age 93, Kenly, NC View Details

Locations: Union OR, Pocatello ID Possible Relatives: Albert Bruce Dixon, Dorothy Lenore Dixon

Dorothea P Dixon, age 93 View Details

Address:***** S Darden St, Kenly, NC. Phone Number: (919) 284-****

Dorothea V Dixon, age 35 View Details

Address:***** Dixon St, New Orleans, LA. Phone Number: (504) 821-****

Dorothea Dix | Mental Health Reform, Civil War Nurse, Activist - Britannica • britannica.com

Dorothea Dix (born April 4, 1802, Hampden, District of Maine, Massachusetts [now in Maine], U.S.—died July 17, 1887, Trenton, New Jersey) was an American educator, social reformer, and humanitarian whose devotion to the welfare of the mentally ill led to widespread reforms in the United States and abroad.. Dix left her unhappy home at age 12 to live and study in Boston with her grandmother.

Biography: Dorothea Dix - National Women's History Museum • womenshistory.org

Dorothea Dix was an early 19 th century activist who drastically changed the medical field during her lifetime. She championed causes for both the mentally ill and indigenous populations. By doing this work, she openly challenged 19 th century notions of reform and illness. Additionally, Dix helped recruit nurses for the Union army during the Civil War.

Dorothea Lynde Dix - HISTORY • history.com

Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887) was an author, teacher and reformer. Her efforts on behalf of the mentally ill and prisoners helped create dozens of new institutions across the United States and in ...

Dorothea Dix - Prison Reform, Accomplishments & Facts - Biography • biography.com

Dorothea Lynde Dix was born on April 4, 1802, in Hampden, Maine. She was the eldest of three children, and her father, Joseph Dix, was a religious fanatic and distributor of religious tracts who ...

Life Story: Dorothea Dix - Women & the American Story • nyhistory.org

Dorothea's time as the Superintendent of Army Nurses was so bad that it left her reputation in tatters. When the war ended, she acknowledged her failures and returned to the work she knew best—campaigning for the better treatment of the mentally ill. Before she died in 1887, Dorothea helped found or expand more than 30 hospitals for the ...

Dorothea Dix: Mental Health Reformer and Civil War Nurse • si.edu

Throughout the next months, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will feature posts related to the Smithsonian and the Civil War in honor of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.Throughout her life, Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887) worked in many different occupations to improve the lives of the less fortunate. Dix's devotion to caring for others was evident from her youth. From ...

Dorothea Dix: Reformer, Author, Teacher, Nurse • battlefields.org

Historians believe that Dorothea Dix suffered from depression and experienced a mental breakdown during this period spiking her interest in reform for the mentally ill. In 1836 she traveled to Europe to recover and there met several contemporary reformers including William Rathbone, prison reformer Elizabeth Fry, and the founder of the York ...

Dorothea Dix - National Museum of Civil War Medicine • civilwarmed.org

Fierce, stubborn, compassionate, driven: the real Dorothea Dix worked tirelessly to improve the welfare of patients while making plenty of enemies in the process. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Dix sprang into action. She made her way to Washington, where an influx of wounded soldiers with gruesome injuries arrived daily. Unlike today ...

Dorothea Dix - U.S. National Park Service • nps.gov

Prior to the Civil War, Dorothea Lynde Dix focused her time and attention on social reform, particularly crusading for improved hospitals and state-funded care for the under-privileged and mentally ill. During the Civil War, Dix was appointed "Superintendent of Army Nurses" for the Union army. Setting strict standards for the recruiting ...