Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Lynde Dixwas an American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first generation of American mental asylums. During the Civil War, she served as a Superintendent of Army Nurses...
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth4 April 1802
CityHampden, ME
Dorothea Dix quotes about
insane-person gentleman attention
I proceed, gentlemen, to call your attention to the present state of insane persons confined within the commonwealth; in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens; chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience.
compassion want cold
in proportion as my own discomfort has increased, my conviction of necessity to search into the wants of the friendless and afflicted has deepened. If I am cold, they too are cold; if I am weary, they are distressed; if I am alone, they are abandoned.
compassion fund particular
I have no particular love for my species, but own to an exhaustless fund of compassion
truth-is consideration highest
But the truth is the highest consideration.