Dorothea Dix

By Candace18

  • Date of Birth

    Dorothea Dix is born April 4, 1802

  • Dorothea Dix moves in with her Grandmother

    July the 3rd, 1814 dorothea and her two younger brothers move into her grandmothers house because her parents make the decision that they could no longer take care of them.

  • Dorothea Teaches Her First Class

  • School Shut Down

  • Opened Her First School In Boston

  • Joseph dies

  • Became Sick and Unable to Teach for Six Years

  • Established a School For Girls

  • Goes to England

  • Investigates Prisons

  • Reports to Massachusets Legislature

  • Visits Other States' Prisons

  • Visits Scottland

  • Appointed Superintindant for Female Nurses

  • Dorothea Dies

    Dorothea dies