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Between 1840 and 1848 Dorothea investigated the way mentally ill patients were being treated, and called for reform in a couple of different states. She even got a bill passed by congress In 1854. The bill was part of the first wave of public mental health initiatives in the United States, which saw the establishment of asylums. In 1849 the North Carolina State Medical Society was formed. Also in 1849 the construction of an institution in the capital (Raleigh N.C.) Was Authorized.

Dorothea Dix- And her fight for Special Education Reform

How Dorothea Affected Us Today

Without Dorothea Dix we may not have special services for the mentally unstable as we do today. Dorothea changed our great nation with great severity. Props to Dorothea for the great healthcare and schools we have today and without her, children with such mental disabilities may still be physically punished severely for something they can't help.

Who was Dorothea Dix?

Calls For Reform

About Dorothea

Dorothea Dix was a woman in the early 1800's who fought for reform for education, and services for the mentally unstable.

Dorothea Dix was born in Hampton, Maine on April 4th, 1802. She grew up in Worcester, MA. before fleeing to her grandparents house in Boston at the age of 12 due to not wanting to live with her alcoholic family.

A quote from Dorothea describing the conditions, and cruelty mental patients suffered-

I proceed, Gentlemen, briefly to call your attention to the present state of Insane Persons confined within this Commonwealth, in cages, stalls, pens! Chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience."[4] The outcome of her lobbying was a bill to expand the state's mental hospital in Worcester.

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