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Dorothea Dix

Dorothea Dix. By: Jessi Kruse and Kirsten Eversen. Biography. April 4, 1802 “I never knew childhood” – Dorothea Dix Schools Edward Bangs - Romance 2 nd Career. General Information on Movement. Reform Punishment -> R ehabilitation Societal Ideals L eader 1821.

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Dorothea Dix

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  1. Dorothea Dix By: Jessi Kruse and Kirsten Eversen

  2. Biography • April 4, 1802 • “I never knew childhood” – Dorothea Dix • Schools • Edward Bangs - Romance • 2nd Career

  3. General Information on Movement • Reform • Punishment -> Rehabilitation • Societal Ideals • Leader • 1821

  4. General Information on Movement Continued • Louis Dwight • Dr. John Galt • European nations • Improvement Sketch of 19th Century prison cell

  5. Specific Contributions • Worcester State Hospital • 32 Hospitals, 15 Schools, Training Facilities • Shaped view of “Ideal Woman” • US nursing pioneer and reformer

  6. Effects Of Individual’s Contributions • 13 to 123 hospitals • Education • Nursing • Humanitarian Reformer

  7. Bibliography Dix, Dorothea. "Memorial Soliciting a State Hospital for the Protection and Cure of the Insane, Submitted to the General Assembly of North Carolina." Raleigh, N.C.: Seaton Gales, 1848. Available online. URL: http://Docsouth.Unc.Edu/Nc/Dixdl/Dixdl.html. Accessed June 26, 2008. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=E15068&SingleRecord=True (accessed March 9, 2012). Dix, Dorothea. "Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts." American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE52&iPin=E06830&SingleRecord=True (accessed March 8, 2012). I., P. "PIONEERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION--Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887)." Journal Of Special Education 10.1 (1976): 2. Professional Development Collection. Web. 11 Mar. 2012. Langston, Donna. “Dix, Dorothea.” A to Z of American Women Leaders and Activists, A to Z of Women. New York: Facts On File, 2002. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2asp?ItemID=WE52&iPin=WLA036&SingleRecord=True (accessed March 8, 2012). Leonard, Elizabeth D. "Dorothea Dix: New England Reformer." Historian 62.3 (2000): 645-6. ProQuest Research Library. Web. 13 Mar. 2012. Morin, Isobel V. "1: Dorothea Dix Superintendent Of Army Nurses." Women Chosen For Public Office (1995): 10. Biography Collection Complete. Web. 11 Mar. 2012.

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