Reforms of the 19th Century
By: Brenden Johnson
Mental Health Reform/Prison Reform
Dorothea Dix fought for human rights to get more hospitals to take care of the mentally ill and for more humane imprisonment.
Why Should I Join?
You should be apart of this great movement! Don't you want the crazies out the to be able to go to a hospital to get their problems straightened out?! Have any of you seen how disgusting the prisons are and the horrors they've done to the prisoners?! To make things right join this movement!!!
"There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears." - Dorothea Dix
Some of our Great Leaders
Dr. John Galt
Was a doctor at Eastern Lunatic Asylum, in Williamsburg, Virginia, the first publicly supported psychiatric hospital in America.
Louis Dwight
Founder of the Boston Prison Discipline Society
Francis Lieber
Fought for prison libraries and less abuse in prisons along with the separation of women, children, and the sick.
Important Events to Attend
- Opening of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum
- Tour of the Boston Prison Discipline Society