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Dix was born in Hampden, Maine
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Hampden was taken over by the British in the War of 1812, however, the Dix's took refuge shortly before the war began.
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School for girls along with a charity school for poor girls, in Boston.
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Conversations on Common Things
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When coming into the jail Dorothea sees awful living conditions.
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Dorothea visits jails , where the mentally ill were housed, in other parts of Boston her investigations extended over the entire state of Massachusetts.
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She Wrote a document and sent it to the Massachusetts state legislature on the conditions of her findings.
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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
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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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Stays in Hospital for 6 Years before dying.
