My grand padlet by Daniela Botal https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0 Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2017-02-11 06:48:45 UTC 2017-02-11 07:20:27 UTC hello@padlet.com dbotal https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205295 In 1842, Dix became a teacher at a local jail to teach the inmates. While there she became aware of the cruelties inflicted upon the insane, such as no heat in the living quarters. From then on, ensuring the welfare of the mentally unstable became her life’s aim. To resolve this issue, Dix presented a proposal to state legislature and expanded the budget. Dix establish humane asylums for the mentally ill in Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina.]]> 2017-02-11 06:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205295 dbotal https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205304 When the civil war began in 1863, Dix volunteered her services and was named superintendent of nurses. Her  responsibilities were to set  field hospitals and first-aid stations, recruiting nurses, managing supplies and setting up training programs. After  the war, she returned to her work on behalf of the mentally ill by aggressively traveling, writing and lobbying for her causes, as a social reformer.

]]> 2017-02-11 06:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205304 dbotal https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205319 Dorothea Dix
April 4, 1802 - July 17, 1887.


]]> 2017-02-11 06:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205319 dbotal https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205330 2017-02-11 06:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205330 dbotal https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205357 Her efforts had created dozens of institutions in the United states and Europe for the mentally ill, changing peoples perceptions on this population. She also traveled to other countries to fight for this cause and worked hard to make the government and society realize the importance of treating the insane humanely. 

]]> 2017-02-11 06:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205357 dbotal https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205387 Described as "the most effective advocate of humanitarian reform in American mental institutions during the nineteenth century"]]> 2017-02-11 06:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205387 dbotal https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205463
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Dorothea Dix. (2014, July 24). Retrieved February 05, 2017, from http://www.biography.com/people/dorothea-dix-9275710
History.com Staff. (2009). Dorothea Lynde Dix. Retrieved February 10, 2017, from http://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/dorothea-lynde-dix
Who is Dorothea Dix? Everything You Need to Know. (n.d.). Retrieved February 05, 2017, from http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/dorothea-dix-5377.php#KlC5OEziE2psB1pO.99



]]> 2017-02-11 07:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205525 dbotal https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205594 As a child she grew up in a dysfunctional family with an emotionally absent mother and an abusive father. Due to this environment, she developed awareness to the hardships others suffered as she had also been subjected to much abuse as a little girl.

]]> 2017-02-11 07:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205594 dbotal https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205734 Well known educator and social reformer whose devotion to the welfare of the mentally ill led to widespread international reforms.]]> 2017-02-11 07:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dbotal/8b84iu04mrw0/wish/153205734