dorothea dix

dorothea dix

Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Jan 1, 1900

birthday

Mar 21, 1802

born

seminary

Mar 16, 1821

emma hart willard opens the troy female seminary

sunday school

Sep 2, 1833

askedtoo begin womens sunday school class in east cambridge jail

travel

Jan 14, 1841

embarked on a 2 year mission throughout massachusetts

mental facility

Mar 17, 1841

shocked when enters mental facility

supreme court

Apr 17, 1842

massachusetts supreme court upholds the right of workers to organize the case of common wealth v. hunt

call for help

Mar 14, 1843

call for intelligant people in massachusetts resulted in expantion and renovation of an assylum in worchester and the removal of mant insane people

U.S. and Canada

Apr 13, 1845

next 40 years travelling us and canada documenting abuse and spurring change

property

Jun 25, 1848

NY state grants married women the right to own property apart from their husbands

womens convention

Jul 19, 1848

first womens rights convention in history is held in seneca falls

medical degree

Dec 26, 1849

elizabeth blackwell becomes the US first women to recieve a medical degree

traveling

May 10, 1850

traveled to channel islands, italy, france, russia, scotland, and turkey and investigated condition in hospitals and jails

womens rights

Oct 23, 1850

first national womens rights convention, held in worcester massachusetts

Ph.D.

Jan 14, 1861

yale university confers the U.S. first Ph.D.

womens christian association

May 10, 1866

first young womens christian association i nthe U.S, opens in boston

womens union

Oct 29, 1874

womens christian temperance union is founded

super intendant

Jan 7, 1880

becanme a super intendant of nurses as an administrator

crusador

Aug 22, 1883

became a crusading reformer

Dr. Stanton Coit

Jan 14, 1886

Dr. Stanton Coit opens first settlement hjouse in NY to provide social services to the poor

death

Jul 18, 1887

died in own hospital