- "With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Dix -at age 59- offered her services to the Union Army. Although Dix was not formally trained as a nurse, her tenacity and skills impressed the secretary of was, Simon Cameron, who appointed her as the superintendent of Union Army nurses."- Vasantha Reddi; PhD, MHES (2005)
- "I tell what I have seen" -Dorothea Dix
- "Mentally ill peole were kept in the same facilities with prisoners, chained in dark enclosed spaces, lying in their own filth, without adequate clothing, and abused physically and sexually" -Vasantha Reddi; PhD, MHES (2005)
URL: hhtp://www.nursingadvocacy.org/press/pioneers/dix.htmlDate: Aug. 26, 2005Title of article: Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887)
"Dorothea Dix" of the Civil War
- "Dorothea's second career began when she was 39 years old. In March of 1841 she entered the East Cambridge Jail. She had volunteered to teach a Sunday School for women inmates. Upon entering the jail she witnessed such horrible images that her life, from that point on, was changed forever. Within the confines of this jail, she observed prostitues, drunks, criminals retarded individuals, and the mentally ill were all housed together in unheated, unfurnished, and foul-smelling quarters (Viney and Zorich, 1982). When she asked why the jail was in these conditions her answer was, 'the insane do not feel heat or cold'" -Jenn Bumb
URL: http://www.webster.edu~woolflm/dorotheadix.html
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Title: Dorothea Dix- Second Career
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