Dorothea Dix- Biography

Dorothea Dix- Biography
Dorothea Dix was a woman who contributed much to the advancement of the women's rights movement. She is credited to such achievements as helping to reform prisons, hospitals for insane people, and was also the head of the women nurses during the civil war.
Dorothea Lynde Dix was born on April 4, 1802 in Hampden, Maine. She grew up in a "non existent" family which was full of fighting and abuse. This was because her father was an alcoholic and her mother was partially mentally disabled. She even took the role of caring for her two younger brothers when they were bor…