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Dorothea Dix

By sophiamonti26
  • Birth

    Birth

    Born in Hampden, Maine
  • Relocates to Vermont

    Relocates to Vermont

    Hampden, Maine is invaded by the British forcing the Dix family to move to Vermont

  • Opens first school in Worcester Massachusetts

  • Opens an elementary school in her grandmother's home

    Opens an elementary school in her grandmother's home

    At the age of 19, Dorothea opens her first school for young ladies of wealthy families
  • Moves to Boston

    Moves to Boston

    Dorothea moves in woth her wealthy grandmother at Orange Court
  • Publishing of 'Conversations on Common Things'

    Publishing of 'Conversations on Common Things'

    Dorothea was too ill to teach at times, so she took to writing. This was a science textbook for children.

  • Teaches Sunday School for William Ellery Channing

  • Starts a new school for girls in Orange Court

    Starts a new school for girls in Orange Court

  • Journies to England

    Journies to England

  • Moves back to Boston

  • Teaches at Middlesex County House of Correction

    Teaches at Middlesex County House of Correction

    Discovers the atrocious conditions that the prisoners lived in, including the mentally insane
  • Publishing of Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts

    Publishing of Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts

  • Publishing of Remarks on Prisons and Prison Discipline in the United States

  • Bill for land introduced into U.S. Senate

    Bill for land grants support for mental health institutions in every state
  • Veteo of land grant bill

    Veteo of land grant bill

    President Franklin vetoes Dix's land grant bill for insane asylums
  • Begins European reform work

    Begins European reform work

  • Hospital for the Insane at Dix Hill opens

    Hospital for the Insane at Dix Hill opens

    Upon the passing of his wife, James Dobbines lobbies congress for land and funding to open the Hospital for the Insane on Dix Hill. Dorothea Dix refuses to associate her name with the institution
  • Appointed to organized Union nurses

    Appointed to organized Union nurses

    Dorothea was appointed to organize Union Army hospitals and to oversee the nursing staff

  • Battles over congressional bill

    Dorothea battles with Elizabeth Packard over a congressional bill to secure asylum mailboxes
  • Death

    Death

    Dorethea Dix dies at a New Jersey Hospital, she was 85 years old
  • Hospital Renamed Dorothea Dix Hospital

    Hospital Renamed Dorothea Dix Hospital