Dorothea Dix

Maybe the name Dorothea Dix is not as popular as Washington, Lincoln and other heroes who helped changed America from the time it gained independence from Great Britain.

19th Century American Icon Ms. Dorothea Dix Remembered Nomadicasian 2007

Instead, they were brought to idyllic settings like the one the activist Dorothea Dix staked out for what was originally called the Government Hospital for the Insane.

D.C. celebrates building opening at St. Elizabeths 2010

For example, he describes Dorothea Dix, who is summed up well in her Wikipedia entry.

EconLog: Political Economy Archives 2009

Try rolling back Dorothea Dix and going back to the days when the SPCA were the first responders for the mentally ill.

War Between Wayne Madsen and Dick Cheney Escalates! 2008

Dorothea Dix 1802-1887: This one was a sad story I knew nothing about previous to doing this project.

What if No One's Watching?: November 2008 Archives 2008

The hellish scenes described by Dorothea Dix in 1843 have returned -- with a vengeance, given the huge increase in the American population since the mid-19th century.

Wrong Prescription Paul McHugh 2008

Dorothea Dix 1802-1887: This one was a sad story I knew nothing about previous to doing this project.

NoBloPo #21: Feminism Friday (What if No One's Watching?) 2008

This arrangement came about because in the 1840s such civic crusaders as Dorothea Dix (in what may be the first piece of social research ever conducted in America) revealed the special ordeal of delusional and distressed mental patients: They tended to lose their way in life and, because of their unpredictable and occasionally violent propensities, filled the country's jails, workhouses and shelters, where they often suffered ugly mistreatment.

Wrong Prescription Paul McHugh 2008

In Massachusetts, the state lunatic hospital at Worcester was founded in the 1830s.21 In the 1840s, Dorothea Dix bravely roamed the country, pleading that something be done for the mentally ill.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

Dorothea Dix lobbied vigorously for land grants to aid the insane.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985