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Dorthe Dix was born on this date.
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Dorthea moved back to Boston and founded a school for girls in the Dix Mansion.
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Dorthea Dix published her most famous novel.
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Dorthea's life changed when she bagan to teach sunday school at the East Cambridge Jail.
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Dorthea Dix asked Congress for more than 12 million acres of land as a public endowment for the mentally ill.
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The governemt finnally funded a hospital for the mentall ill.
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A bill pushed to improve the living ways of mentally ill was vetoed by President Franklin Pierce.
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St. Elizabeth’s Hospital finnally opened.
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Dorthea Dix returned back to the United States.
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The civil war broke out.
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Dorthea visited with Joseph Henry to discuss "business connected with the storage of articles for the invalids."
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Joseph Henry was appointed tot he board of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital.
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Dix served as Superintendent of Nurses through the end of the war.
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Joseph Henry died on this date.
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Dorthea Dix died on this date.
