This article is about the 19th-century activist. For the journalist, see Dorothy Dix.
Dorothea Dix
Born
Dorothea Lynde Dix
(1802-04-04)April 4, 1802
Hampden, Maine, US
Died
July 17, 1887(1887-07-17) (aged 85)
Trenton, New Jersey, US
Occupation
Social reformer
Parent(s)
Joseph Dix Mary Bigelow
Signature
Plaque to Dorothea Dix, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802 – July 17, 1887) 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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of such individuals. DorotheaDix (1802–1887) was an important figure in the development of the "mental hygiene" movement. Dix was a school teacher who...
continued into the 19th century, activists such as DorotheaDix fought for institutional reform. Dix sought to remove children, the mentally ill, and the...
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allowing for the construction of a state hospital. The efforts of Dorothea Lynde Dix were of paramount importance in swaying legislators to consider the...
original date. The festival was rescheduled and held at the historic DorotheaDix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina on April 6, 2019. The lineup included...
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hospitals are operated by local governments. Due in part to the efforts of DorotheaDix, the term "state hospital" generally refers to a public psychiatric hospital...
that had followed the Compromise. In August 1850 the social reformer DorotheaDix wrote to Fillmore to urge support of her proposal in Congress for land...
Charles-Mathias Simons, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1874) April 4 – DorotheaDix, American activist (d. 1887) April 9 – Elias Lönnrot, Finnish folklorist...
and be held at DorotheaDix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina on April 6, 2019. The Dreamville Festival donated proceeds to the DorotheaDix Park Conservancy...
– Thaddeus Stevens, American lawyer and politician (d. 1868) 1802 – DorotheaDix, American nurse and activist (d. 1887) 1818 – Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American...
to build the institution in the city, but this idea was rejected by DorotheaDix. Construction began in 1859, and opened in 1862. A grand ceremony took...
American Craftsman, and Stick Style / Eastlake movement architecture. The DorotheaDix Hospital, a historic institution caring for the mentally ill, was located...
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grants to the states. The bill was the signature initiative of activist DorotheaDix, and passed both houses of Congress in 1854. However, it was vetoed on...
Sea. Wilson is also well known for her biographies about women such as DorotheaDix and Elizabeth Blackwell as well as the presidential wives Dolley Madison...
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