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Born
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Dorothea's life from birth to death
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Dix family takes refuge
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. -
Dorothea published her most famous book
Published Conversations on Common Things. -
Dorothea goes to East Cambridge Jail
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. -
Toured Massachusetts
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. -
After touring Massachusetts
Wrote a document and sent it to the Massachusetts state legislature on the conditions of the insane. -
Dorothea tours the south
Carried campaign into the South: New Orleans, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee. -
Went to Congress
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. -
Congress
Both houses pass the bill for land grant, sent to President Pierce to decide if it should pass. -
Pierce
President Pierce vetoes bill -
Dorothea leaves U.S.
Dorothea goes to Europe to start reforms there. -
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Dorothea leaving U.S. to returning to U.S.
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Dorothea returns to U.S.
Dorothea returns to the United States after traveling Europe. While in Europe she helped the mentally ill. -
Dorothea volunteered
Volunteered services to the War Department & appointed Superintendent of Army nurses. -
Dorothea after the war
Returned to mission for the insane, seeking to rectify neglect and deterioration during the war. -
Last tour of the South, inspecting hospitals
Made her last tour of the South, inspecting hospitals in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. -
Dorothea passes away
