DOROTHEA DIX
Paulina Sivilay
20 facts
- Nicknamed "Dragon Dix"
- Born April 4, 1802
- Died July 17, 1887
- She was an activist
- She was an advocate for female Nurses
- Born in Hampden, Maine
- She developed the tuberculin disease
- Involved in the Civil War
- A school teacher
- A humanitarian
- Held campaigns for the mentally ill and woman prisoners
- Nurse in and out of the Civil War
- Social Reformer
- Built hospitals
- Helped prisoners
- Helped create dozens of institutions throughout the US and Europe
- The Asylum Movement (improved conditions for the imprisoned and insane)
- Founded the Dix Mansion
- Published Conversations on Common Things
- Lobbied at the federal level