Download or read book Remarks on Prisons and Prison Discipline in the United States written by Dorothea Lynde Dix and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Conversations on Common Things written by Dorothea Lynde Dix and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix written by Francis Tiffany and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dorothea Dix written by Thomas J. Brown and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The disastrous failure of one of the most widely admired heroines in the nation provides a dramatic measure of the transformations of northern values during the war.
Download or read book Breaking the Chains written by Penny Colman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-03-29 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dorothea Dix was almost forty years old when she discovered that people, especially poor people, with mental illness were "confined in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience." Outraged by this knowledge, Dix led a forty-year crusade for the humane treatment of people with mental illness. Year after year, she traveled thousands of miles by stagecoach, boats, horseback, and railroad to investigate and expose the horrendous conditions. She lobbied legislators, governors, and presidents to provide treatment and facilities for people with mental illness. She took her crusade to Scotland, Italy, and Russia. During the Civil War, she served as the Superintendent of the Female Nurses of the Army, as such she had more authority and power than any other woman had had in the military prior to and during the Civil War. After the war, she resumed her crusade. When Dorothea Dix died in 1887, people around the world honored her. Proclamations, testimonials, and tributes were spoken and printed from the United States to Japan to England. A prominent American doctor wrote, "Thus had died and been laid to rest the most useful and distinguished woman America has yet produced."
Download or read book Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix written by Francis Tiffany and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On Behalf of the Insane Poor written by Dorothea Lynde Dix and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Behalf of the Insane Poor was originally published in 1973. These are selected historical reports on behalf of the insane poor. In Dorothea Lynde Dix?s 1843 plea to the Massachusetts Legislature she said, ---I tell what I have seen ---painful and shocking as the details often are --- that from them you may feel more deeply the imperative obligation which lies upon you to prevent the possibility of a repetition or continuance of such outrages upon humanity. I proceed, Gentlemen, briefly to call your attention to the present state "in behalf of the insane poor confined within the Commonwealth in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens; chained, naked, beaten with rods and lashed into obedience." Dorothea Dix was a tireless and effective mental health reformer at a time when the mentally ill were treated as delinquents. She was born in Maine (1802), after the age of 12 she lived with her grandmother and began teaching school at the age of 14. She published many books for children, which were outstanding .In 1841, hearing that a Sunday-school teacher was needed in the East Cambridge House of Correction, she volunteered to teach a class of twenty women who were criminals and drunkards beginning her crusade for mental health reform.When the Civil War started, she volunteered her services and was subsequently appointed superintendent of the army nurses. What Florence Nightingale was to the Crimean War, the same was Dorothea Dix to the Union Army during the Civil War.Miss Dix returned to the Trenton State Hospital, which she considered her home for the last six years of her life. She died there July 18, 1887 at age of 85 and is buried in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Download or read book Haven on the Hill written by Marjorie O'Rorke and published by North Carolina Division of Archives & History. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haven on the Hill tells the story of Dix Hill (or Dorothea Dix Hospital, as it became known in 1959) from Dorothea Lynde Dix's investigative trip to North Carolina in 1848 to the debate over the property's future following the proposed closing of the hospital in the early 21st century.
Download or read book Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix written by Francis Tiffany and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book One Glorious Ambition written by Jane Kirkpatrick and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One dedicated woman...giving voice to the suffering of many Born to an unavailable mother and an abusive father, Dorothea Dix longs simply to protect and care for her younger brothers, Charles and Joseph. But at just fourteen, she is separated from them and sent to live with relatives to be raised properly. Lonely and uncertain, Dorothea discovers that she does not possess the ability to accept the social expectations imposed on her gender and she desires to accomplish something more than finding a suitable mate. Yearning to fulfill her God-given purpose, Dorothea finds she has a gift for teaching and writing. Her pupils become a kind of family, hearts to nurture, but long bouts of illness end her teaching and Dorothea is adrift again. It’s an unexpected visit to a prison housing the mentally ill that ignites an unending fire in Dorothea’s heart—and sets her on a journey that will take her across the nation, into the halls of the Capitol, befriending presidents and lawmakers, always fighting to relieve the suffering of what Scripture deems, the least of these. In bringing nineteenth-century, historical reformer Dorothea Dix to life, author Jane Kirkpatrick combines historical accuracy with the gripping narrative of a woman who recognized suffering when others turned away, and the call she heeded to change the world.
Download or read book Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix written by Francis Tiffany and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Nursing s Greatest Leaders written by David Anthony Forrester, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uniquely focuses on nursing history through the lens of leadership " This book is perfect for men and women who aspire to lead nursing and society into a better future. It will equally benefit undergraduate students enrolled in leadership courses, graduate students preparing for leadership roles, and nurses already established in leadership roles. [This book] deepened my love for nursing and reinforced why nursing is repeatedly ranked the most trusted profession." -Susan B. Hassmiller , PhD, RN, FAAN Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Senior Adviser for Nursing Director, Campaign for Action With an emphasis on the qualities that have fostered strong nursing leadership, this book provides a unique perspective on the lives and achievements of the most revered nurses throughout history. It is comprised of biographies of many of nursing's most important activist agents of change, with a focus on those characteristics that enabled them to accomplish their goals and implement changes that improved nursing, health, healthcare, and society. These biographies examine the evolution of nursing and society around the globe and underscore the resourcefulness and political savvy these nurses used to meet the increasingly complex needs of society. Using Kouzes and Posner's five practices of exemplary leadership as a framework, the biographies demonstrate how the nurses used these processes to achieve their goals. Placed within the context and dynamics of each nurse leader's lifetimeóincluding gender roles, science and technology, religion, politics, and economics--each biography includes a personal history, timeline, accomplishments, anecdotes, and legacy. The book honors such well-known nurse leaders as Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton, and Dorothea Dix, along with less well-known nurse leaders. By telling the stories of these prominent luminaries, the book showcases nursing's rich history and its influence on society. Ultimately fostering an understanding of the very nature of leadership, it provides a strong foundation and inspiration for nurses to lead nursing, healthcare, and society into a better future. Key Features: Focuses on nursing history through the lens of leadership Uses the framework of Kouzes and Posner's five practices of exemplary leadership to analyze the achievements of nurse luminaries Considers the lives of well-known and lesser-known figures in nursing history Focuses on leadership characteristics that enabled historic nurse leaders to implement important changes in global healthcare
Download or read book Dorothea Dix written by Margaret Muckenhoupt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-08 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Download or read book Asylum Prison and Poorhouse written by Dorothea Lynde Dix and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The appalling conditions endured by most mentally ill inmates in prisons, jails, and poorhouses led her to take an active interest also in prison reform and in efforts to ameliorate poverty.
Download or read book Memorial Soliciting a State Hospital for the Protection and Cure of the Insane Submitted to the General Assembly of North Carolina November 1848 D written by Dorothea Lynde Dix and published by . This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887) was an American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first generation of American mental asylums. In 1840-41, she conducted a statewide investigation of how her home state of Massachusetts cared for the insane poor. She later traveled from New Hampshire to Louisiana, documenting the condition of pauper lunatics, publishing memorials to state legislatures, and devoting enormous personal energy to working with committees to draft the enabling legislation and appropriations bills needed to build asylums. During the Civil War, she served as Superintendent of Army Nurses.
Download or read book Heart s Work written by Charles Schlaifer and published by Stan Clark Military Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of social reformer Dorothea Dix and work for better care for the mentally ill.
Download or read book Dorothea Lynde Dix written by Alfred Seelye Roe and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
