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Her health began to fail in 1881 at the age of seventy-nine. Arriving in Trenton, she checked herself into the state hospital that she had helped found.She was then taken care of and supported for a while.
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Dorothea was made the Superintendent of Union Army Nurses in 1861. She frequently conflicted with her army superiors in this role, and was not well liked by the other nurses. She was removed from the role in 1863.
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Dorothea's hard work had inspired the building of many hospitals, including the Dorothea Dix Hospital which was built in 1856. It was later named after her for here dedication. This hospital is located in North Carolina.
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Dorothea volunteers for the Union's nursing. She provides care for injured soldiers. She also helped with strategies.
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Dorothea begins to teach classes at Cambridge Jail. She was horrified to find out mentally ill were kept as prisoners without health care and support. She wanted to be the support for those patients.
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After Dorothea becomes aware of the mentally ill she begins to visit jails and write letters for help and support. She wanted the creation of mental asylums to provide care and services for the mentally ill. She also wanted to help them escape one day and see the world outside of the prison.
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Dorothea publishes Conversations of Common Things. This is one of many books that she wrote while she had health failure. She writes this book about her students and their health conditions.
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Dorothea teaches classes from her home. She was ill but still wanted to teach her kids. She was still not consistently able to teach though.
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Dorothea opens another school for girls. She provided quality education to young women from good families. She also offered free lessons and education to poor girls from the community.
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Dorothea and her family moves to Vermont. They had to move countries from England to the United States. They moved during the invasion of British from the 1812 war.
