Author : Dorothea Lynde Dix
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ISBN 13 : 9781409988144
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (881 download)
Book Synopsis Memorial Soliciting a State Hospital for the Protection and Cure of the Insane, Submitted to the General Assembly of North Carolina, November, 1848 (D by : Dorothea Lynde Dix
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.