Dorothea Dix, an advocator for the mentally ill, changed the lives of such people directly. She spent countless years working towards her cause, and regardless of the multitude of setbacks she encountered, was able to thrive and reign with her visions. Dorothea Dix advocated for the humane treatment of the mentally insane to be changed, however, in order to achieve her vision of benevolent management of the mentally ill, she overcame many setbacks, including personal struggles, gender inequality
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"Dorothea Dix was an indefatigable New England reformer who brought the plight of the mentally ill to the people and governing bodies of several states and foreign countries” (Norbury,1999 p.14). During the seventeenth century most Americans viewed people who were mentally ill differently than other. They were called the lost souls and viewed as incurable and helpless. They were thrown into prison, mistreated, beaten, and taken advantage. It couldn’t be perceived or cured and was simple to be endured
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Dorothea Lynde Dix, a social reformer, was born in Hampden, Maine on April 4, 1802 and grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts. At age 14, Dorothea Dix began teaching. Later in 1819 she established an all girls’ school called Dix Mansion as well as a charity school for unfortunate girls. In the year 1841, Dorothea Dix started teaching at East Cambridge Jail, a prison only for women. Teaching Sunday school at East Cambridge Jail took a turn for Dorothea’s life. During her time teaching there, she realized
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Dorothea Lange was a photographer during The Great Depression. She was born May 26th, 1895 in Hoboken, New Jersey. She died October 11th, 1965 at the age of 70 in San Francisco, California. Dorothea’s real name was Dorothea Magaretta Nutzhorn. She dropped her middle name and took her mother’s maiden name because her dad left her and her family when she was only 12. That was one of her two traumatic events that occurred in her life. The other one was a contraction of polio when she was only 7 years
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Eyes of Pain I chose to analyze a photo taken in 1936, by photographer Dorothea Lange (Barnet and Bedau 165). The original title was “Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California.” The photo is also well known as “Migrant Mother” (PPOC). The photo captured me emotionally and this is why I chose it for my analysis. The photo is a portrait of a mother and three of her young children clinging to her as she stares pondering
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as if drawn by a magnet,” Dorothea Lange announced. “She told me her name, age and place of reason nothing else was spoken” Florence Owens Thompson was following in the horrible Great Depression, stuck at trying to raise seven children on nothing except frozen vegetables. Dorothea Lange’s iconic photograph “Migrant Mother in Nipomo, California, 1936” shows the terrible life of the unwealthy, and the troubles of a single mother stuck in the Pea Pickers camp. Dorothea Lange was driving home from
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The life of Dorothea D Wichita Area Technical College Foundations of Nursing Mrs. Plank September 18, 2012 The life of Dorothea Dix Dorothea Lynde Dix was born on April 4, 1802 in Hampden, Maine. She was the oldest of three; her parents were Joseph Dix and Mary Bigelow Dix. Her father was an itinerant Methodist preacher. Her family life can be described as abusive and nonexistent. Her mother was not in good mental health and her father was an abusive alcoholic. Once the family was in Worcester
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The poem ‘My Country’ written by Dorothea Mackellar in 1904 should be awarded with first place in the Annual Poetry Competition. It successfully expresses the love she holds for her home country, Australia, by describing the beautiful landscapes after the breaking of a long drought. Her inspiration for the poem originated while she was traveling around Europe, when a friend was discussing with her all of the things Australia didn’t have compared to England. The poem is directed towards all nationalities
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Dix continued her work on the state level by continuing in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. In 1843, the opening of the New York State Lunatic Asylum in Utica opened seven years after state legislature approved the asylum Dix’s was lobbying. The original plan was to spend $500,000 but increased the funding in order to create four wings, and accommodate for over 1,000 people. Dix concluded in her time in New York that they should create new state facilities for the incurable insane, and she
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themselves because of the inaction of government officials, so they have only one way, to look up for some luck in the place from where all those leaflets are being sent, in which job and high wages are offered. Very similar with the picture of Dorothea Lange, the Migrant Mother, the focal point is a woman with the kids who was forced to migrate from her land in order to look up for better life. Gesture of a mother, her indifference to a camera makes this picture very emotional. The emphases on
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