DOROTHEA LYNDE See also:

• DOROTHEA LYNDE DIX (1802-1887)
• DIX, JOHN

DIX (1802-1887)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American philanthropist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HAMPDEN, HENRY BOUVERIE WILLIAM BRAND, 1ST
• HAMPDEN, JOHN (c. 1595-1643)
• HAMPDEN, RENN DICKSON (1793-1868)

Hampden, See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine, on the 4th of See also:

• APRIL

April 18o2 .. Her parents were poor and shiftless, and at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age she was taken into the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home in See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston of her grandmother, Dorothea Lynde, wife of Dr See also:

• ELIJAH (a Hebrew name meaning " Yah[weh] is God ")

Elijah See also:

• DIX, DOROTHEA LYNDE (1802-1887)
• DIX, JOHN

Dix . Here she was reared in a distinctly Puritanical See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere . About 1821 she opened a school in Boston, which was patronized by the well-to-do families; and soon afterwards she also began teaching poor and neglected See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children at home . But her See also:

• HEALTH

health See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke down, and from 1824 to 183o she was chiefly occupied with the See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing of books of devotion and stories for children . Her Conversations on See also:

• COMMON

Common Things (1824) had reached its sixtieth edition by 1869 . In 1831 she established in Boston a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model school for girls, and conductedthis successfully until 1836, when her health again failed . In 1841 she became interested in the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of gaols and See also:

• ALMS

alms-houses, and spent two years in visiting every such institution in See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, investigating especially the treatment of the pauper insane . Her memorial to the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state legislature dealing with the abuses she discovered resulted in more adequate See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision being made for the care and treatment of the insane, and she then extended her See also:

• WORK

work into many other states . By 1847 she had travelled from Nova See also:

• SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, shadow or darkness)

Scotia to the Gulf of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico, and had visited 18 state penitentiaries, 300 See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county gaols and houses of correction, and over 500 almshouses . Her labours resulted in the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of insane asylums in twenty states and in Nova Scotia and See also:

• NEWFOUNDLAND

Newfoundland, and in the See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding of many additional gaols and almshouses conducted on a reformed See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan . In 1853 she secured more adequate equipment for the See also:

• LIFE

life-saving service on See also:

• SABLE
• SABLE, AMERICAN
• SABLE, CHINESE
• SABLE, MADELEINE DE SOUVRE, MARQUISE DE (1599—1678)
• SABLE, RUSSIAN

Sable See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, then rightly called " the graveyard of See also:

• SHIPS

ships." In 1854 she secured the passage by See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress of a See also:

• BILL

bill granting to the states 12,250,000 acres of public lands, to be utilized for the benefit of the insane, See also:

• DEAF

deaf, dumb and See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind; but the measure was vetoed by See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• PIERCE, FRANKLIN (1804—1869)

Pierce .

After this disappointment she went to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England for See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest, but at once became interested in the condition of the insane in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, and her See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report to the home secretary opened the way for sweeping reforms . She extended her work into the Channel Islands, and then to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, See also:

• GREECE

Greece, See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey, See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden, See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway, See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium and a See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . Her See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence over Arinori Mori, the See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge d'affaires at See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, led eventually to the establishment of two asylums for. the insane in See also:

• JAPAN

Japan . At the outbreak of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War she offered her services to the Federal See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government and was appointed See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of See also:

• WOMEN

women nurses . In this capacity she served throughout the war, without a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day's furlough; and her labours on behalf of defectives were continued after the war . After a lingering illness of six years she died at Trenton, New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, on the 17th of See also:

• JULY

July 1887 . See See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• TIFFANY, CHARLES LEWIS (1812-1902)
• TIFFANY, LOUIS COMFORT (1848- )

Tiffany, Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix (Boston, 1892) .