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Hampden was taken over by the British in the War of 1812, however, the Dix's took refuge in Vermont shortly before the war began.
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Published Conversations on Common Things.
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In March of 1841 she entered the East Cambridge Jail. She had volunteered to teach a Sunday School class for women inmates. Upon entering the jail she saw the horrible living conditions.
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Dorothea then proceeded to visit jails and almshouses, where the mentally ill were housed, in other parts of Boston and soon her investigations extended over the entire state of Massachusetts.
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Wrote a document and sent it to the Massachusetts state legislature on the conditions of the insane.
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Carried campaign into the South: New Orleans, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee.
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Dorothea asked Congress to grant more than 12 million acres of land as a public endowment to be used for the benefit of the mentally ill as well as the blind and deaf.
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Both houses pass the bill for land grant, sent to President Pierce to decide if it should pass.
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President Pierce vetoes bill
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Dorothea goes to Europe to start reforms there.
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Dorothea returns to the United States after traveling Europe. While in Europe she helped the mentally ill.
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Volunteered services to the War Department & appointed Superintendent of Army nurses.
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Returned to mission for the insane, seeking to rectify neglect and deterioration during the war.
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Made her last tour of the South, inspecting hospitals in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
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