Voice for the Mad: The Life of Dorothea Dix
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (641 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0029123992 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 538 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Gem of a Biography Gaspare Tagliacozzi I bought this book after reading the following award citation it received from the Organization of American Historians: "VOICE FOR THE MAD provides more than a fine analysis of how and why a key northern antebellum reformer came to her reform, more than a well-written, so. A Customer said Great combination of history, psychology and biography.. We all learned about Dorothea Dix in school, that she was a great Victorian "humanitarian reformer." But this book, based on phenomenal research in her personal papers at Harvard, tells the inner story of her life, how she came to identify with the homeless mentally ill b. moyag@microsoft.com said Remarkable insight into the problems of women in politics. I casually picked up this book, read the introduction, and was hooked. The idea that Dorothea Dix could fashion a political career -- sitting with legislators to draft laws, guiding bills through the House and Senate with personal patronage -- generations before women cou
From Publishers Weekly With single-minded determination, Dix (1802-1887), a New England school teacher, succeeded in drawing national attention to the appalling treatment of the mentally ill. Although she did not want the country to break apart, Dix's compassion for the mentally ill, according to this portrait, apparently did not extend to everyone: she didn't believe slavery was wrong, and she held a deep prejudice against Roman Catholics. . According to Gollaher, Dix identified with the helplessness of the mentally ill because of an abusive childhood, and her commitment resulted in important reforms. With the onset of the Civil War, Dix was appointed Superintendent of Women Nurse
Describing in detail the conditions she witnessed in jails, prisons, and asylums, a biography of Dorothy Dix documents her crusade to help the impoverished mentally ill by lobbying legislatures and soliciting funds that ultimately created thirty state asylums.