Dorothea DixPresentation by: Katie Wierzbicki

ANDSpencer B Keiser

Biography: Personal LifeBorn: April 4, 1802. Died: July 18, 1887. Born in Hampden, Maine.Ran away from home at age 12 to her grandma in

BostonOpened her own private school at age 14She was a Unitarian, appreciated Unitarian

goodness of GodClose friend of William Ellery Channing, famous

pastor of Federal Street Church in Boston. She never married

Biography: Professional LifeShe was a teacher her whole lifeStrong advocate for the mentally illSuperintendent of United States Army

Nurses in the Civil WarAll of her work for the mentally ill was

destroyed because of overcrowding in her hospitals

Published many books (ex: American Moral Tales for Young Persons, The Garland of Flora, Meditations for Private Hours)

General InfoShe provided extensive care for the mentally

illShe had a passion for teachingShe traveled the world inspecting jails and

hospitals for inhumane conditions

Specific ContributionsShe was the Superintendent of Union Army

Nurses during the Civil WarSet the guidelines for nurse uniforms that has

remained the precedent throughout history.“All nurses are required to be plain looking

women. Their dresses must be brown or black, with no bows, no curls, no jewelry, and no hoop-skirts.”

Effects of her ContributionsShe reformed asylums and prisons into better

placesImproved the treatments of the mentally

handicapped.New institutions rose up because of her, and

incompetent staff of hospitals were replaced.“I have learned to live each day as it comes,

and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.”

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