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Dorothea Dix was an American nurse and social reformer who dedicated her life to improving the conditions of the mentally ill. Born on April 4, 1802, and passing away on July 17, 1887, Dix's work had a profound impact on the treatment of mental health in the United States.

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Famous Dorothea Dix Quotes

“I come to present the strong claims of suffering humanity. I come to place before the Legislature of Massachusetts the condition of the miserable, the desolate, the outcast. I come as the advocate of helpless, forgotten, insane men and women; of beings sunk to a condition from which the unconcerned world would start with real horror.”

Men World Real Suffering Humanity Strong Conditions Horror Men And Women Claims Forgotten Insane Miserable Helpless Legislature Outcast Asylums Massachusetts Desolate Unconcerned

Author:Dorothea Dix

“Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his character; and then he is never made radically better for its influence.”

Men Made Character Principles Influence Crime Harsh

Book:Remarks on Prisons and Prison Discipline in the United States

Source: Remarks on Prisons and Prison Discipline in the United States

“Man is not made better by being degraded.”

Men Made

Book:Remarks on Prisons and Prison Discipline in the United States

Source: Remarks on Prisons and Prison Discipline in the United States

“Brains are still unfashionable for women to wear, and it has always been proof of women's superiority that the more intelligent a man is, the more women admire him, while the bigger fool a woman is, the more men run after her.”

Men Stills Running Brain Fool Bigger Intelligent Proof Admire Superiority

Author:Dorothea Dix

“A man usually values that most for which he has labored; he uses that most frugally which he has toiled hour by hour and day by day to acquire.”

Men Use Values Hours Acquire

Book:Remarks on Prisons and Prison Discipline in the United States

Source: Remarks on Prisons and Prison Discipline in the United States

About the Author

Born: April 4, 1802
Died: July 17, 1887
Known for: Nurse
Quotes: 17

Books & Sources

Remarks on Prisons and Prison Discipline in the United StatesRelated source material

Memorial: To the Legislature of Massachusetts [protesting Against the Confinement of Insane Persons and Idiots in Almshouses and Prisons]Related source material

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