Early Life/Teaching Career
Teaching Career /Mental Institution Reforms
Civil War Role
Post Civil War
Remembrane
100
Where was she born?
Hampden, Maine
100
In 1835 when her health failed she had to abandon teaching for how many years?
2 years
100
She was a nurse on which side, the Union or the Confederacy?
The Union
100
Where did she die?
Trenton, New Jersey (NJ)
100
Fill in the blanks: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) donated___ _______ in Boston in remembrance of Dix
a fountain
200
In 1835 when her health failed she had to abandon teaching for how many years?
2 years
200
During inconsistent periods of chronic lung attacks she wrote what?
During inconsistent periods of chronic lung attacks she wrote children’s books.
200
How old was she when the war broke out?
60 years old
200
Fill in the blanks: In _____ she composed her last surviving letter to ____?
In 1868 she composed her last surviving letter to President Fillmore
200
In which cemetery was she born in?
Mount Auburn Cemetery
300
She fled from her father for what reason?
Her father was abusive towards Dorothea
300
Fill in the blanks: "briefly to call your attention to the present state of_____ persons … in ____, closets, cellars, ____; chained, naked, beaten with ____, and lashed into obedience.“
"briefly to call your attention to the present state of insane persons … in cages, closets, cellars, pens; chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience.“
300
She was appointed what in the army" "?
"superintendent of women nurses"
300
Why did she raise money in 1866? Where was the foundation placed?
To help build a memorial for soldiers in Hampton, Virginia
300
What does MSPCA stand for?
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
400
In what year did Dix opened academy for wealthy young ladies?
1821
400
When traveling in Massachusetts what did she visit? List at least 2 things
Jails, workhouses, almshouses, and hospitals
400
She set up what in the army? List at least 3 things
Set up emergency training programs, established temporary hospitals, distributed supplies, and deployed nurses
400
Which southern states did she visit in 1881? List all 4 of them
1881 made her last tour of the South, inspecting hospitals in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
400
What does the Dorothea Dix Library and Museum consist of?
An establishment of her goals and struggles. The library exhibits the commentary of her biography
500
Fill in the blanks: First child of ___ born to ____ Dix and Mary _____
First child of three born to Joseph Dix and Mary Bigelow
500
In what year and where did she go in hopes of a cure? What she cured?
1836, England. She was successively cured.
500
Why was she disbanded from the army and in which year?
Dix often fought with army officials and was feared and disliked by nurses. She exited the army in '63
500
In 1867 what was her goal to complete by her death?
To seek help for the insane and mentally ill
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