Dorothea Dix
Getting too know Dorothea Dix
Born April 4th, 1802 in Hampden, Maine she was the oldest. She had a very religious father Joseph Dix, and she had 2 younger siblings. At 12 years old she went to go live with her grandmother in Boston. She then went to go live with an aunt in Worecester, Massachusetts. She began teaching school at the age of 14.