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1802-1887

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Dorothea was instrumental in changing in how others viewed mental illness and indigenous populations. She toured asylyms and prisons in America and other countries and advocated for reform in hospitals, asylums and prisons.

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Dix's legacy is twofold: "to treat people with mental ilness and developmental  and intellectual disabilites with kindess and support, and to stop identifying their actions as criminal behavior. Dix's empathy, meticulous reporting and dogged advocacy started a tidal, societal shift" ( Haas, 2019).

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Ths is one of the 32 hospitals that Dorothea assisted in creating or guiding treatment.  This is the first one created in Raleigh, NC in 1856 and closed in 2012. She even influenced two in Japan.

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Strickler, J DHA, RN and Farmer, T MSN, RN (2019). [Image]. Nursing 2021. Dorothea Dix: Crusader for patients with mental illness : Nursing2021 (lww.com)

Haas, J. (2019). The Intrepid Life of Dorothea Dix. Walter. The Intrepid Life of Dorothea Dix - WALTER Magazine

Strickler, J DHA, RN and Farmer, T MSN, RN  (2019). Dorothea Dix.  Nursing 2021: January 2019 - Volume 49 - Issue 1 - p 49-51 doi 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000549724.14939.d8

Andparistek. [Image]. Decoding Dorothea Dix Hospital Endeavors. Andparistek.
Dorothea Dix Hospital Raleigh - Andparistek.com

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She also advocated for women and recruited women for nursing positions during the Civil War.

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"If am cold, ,they are cold; if I am weary, they are distressed; if I am alone, they are abandoned." - Dorothea Dix (  Strickler and Farmer, 2019).

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"If am cold, ,they are cold; if I am weary, they are distressed; if I am alone, they are abandoned." - Dorothea Dix (  Strickler and Farmer, 2019).