Dorothea Dix
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 137 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 4,1802 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Hampden |
| Maine | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | July 17,1887 |
| Died | Trenton |
| New Jersey | |
| United States | |
| Buried | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Massachusetts, United States |
| Hall of fame induction | 1979 |
| Parents | Joseph Dix |
| Mary Bigelow | |
| Movies/Shows | Guns and Guitars |
| The Gold Ghost | |
| Trimmed in Furs | |
| Drum Taps | |
| The Nevada Buckaroo | |
| Wheels of Destiny | |
| Grandparents | Elijah Dix |
| Lucy Bennett | |
| Dorothea Lynde Dix | |
| Charles Bigelow | |
| Nationality | American |
| Founded | National Association Of Army Nurses Of The Civil War |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 429158 |
Conversations on Common Things: Or Guide to Knowledge
Memorial to the legislature of Massachusetts, 1843
Memorial of Miss D. L. Dix,: In Relation to the Illinois Penitentiary
Reports of the Illinois State Hospital for the Insane. 1847-1862
Memorial Soliciting a State Hospital for the Insane
Fifth letter to convicts in state prisons and houses of correction, or county penitentiaries [by D. L. Dix].
Memorial Soliciting a State Hospital for the Insane: Submitted to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, February 3, 1845
Memorial Soliciting a State Hospital for the Protection and Cure of the Insane, Submitted to the General Assembly of North Carolina, November, 1848 (D
Memorial Soliciting an Appropriation for the State Hospital for the Insane, at Lexington: And Also Urging the Necessity for Establishing a New Hospital in the Green River Country
The Recorded Will
The Young Scholar's Reference Book: Being a Collection of Useful Tables
Memorial Soliciting a State for the Insane, Submitted to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, Febr. 3, 1845: Printed by Order of the Legislature of Penn'
Conversations on Common Things, Or, Guide to Knowledge: With Questions : for the Use of Schools and Families
Memorial: To the Legislature of Massachusetts [protesting Against the Confinement of Insane Persons and Idiots in Almshouses and Prisons]
Remarks on prisons and prison discipline in the United States
On behalf of the insane poor
Memorial to the legislature of Massachusetts, 1843
Memorial of Miss D. L. Dix,: In Relation to the Illinois Penitentiary
Reports of the Illinois State Hospital for the Insane. 1847-1862
Memorial Soliciting a State Hospital for the Insane
Fifth letter to convicts in state prisons and houses of correction, or county penitentiaries [by D. L. Dix].
Memorial Soliciting a State Hospital for the Insane: Submitted to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, February 3, 1845
Memorial Soliciting a State Hospital for the Protection and Cure of the Insane, Submitted to the General Assembly of North Carolina, November, 1848 (D
Memorial Soliciting an Appropriation for the State Hospital for the Insane, at Lexington: And Also Urging the Necessity for Establishing a New Hospital in the Green River Country
The Recorded Will
The Young Scholar's Reference Book: Being a Collection of Useful Tables
Memorial Soliciting a State for the Insane, Submitted to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, Febr. 3, 1845: Printed by Order of the Legislature of Penn'
Conversations on Common Things, Or, Guide to Knowledge: With Questions : for the Use of Schools and Families
Memorial: To the Legislature of Massachusetts [protesting Against the Confinement of Insane Persons and Idiots in Almshouses and Prisons]
Remarks on prisons and prison discipline in the United States
On behalf of the insane poor
Dorothea Dix Life story
Dorothea Lynde Dix was an American advocate on behalf of the indigent mentally ill who, through a vigorous and sustained program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first generation of American mental asylums. During the Civil War, she served as a Superintendent of Army Nurses.
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