Dorothea Dix’s Effects on Asylum Reform, the Civil War, and Adolescent Minds

Harriet Tubman was a poor slave girl who ran away from her plantation at the age of 28. Throughout the course of her life many people and many things challenged her. Each situation she was faced with tested either her mental or physical strength, usually both. She persevered through all of her trials stronger and wiser, and was willing to always help others through their own. Not one to instigate unless extremely necessary, Harriet was known for her quick thinking and her reactions to each ordeal she was faced with. She responded to them with a sharp mind, and strong faith in deliverance through the Lord.

Out of all her achievements, Harriet Tubman nursing in the Massachusetts 54th regiment was the most impressive out of all her achievements such were saving slaves from slavery, spying during the civil war, care giving, and nursing. Without those achievements Harriet is now known as one of the best women to ever live. Without her the world would be a different

Jane Addams, a pioneering social worker, helped bring attention to the possibility of revolutionizing America’s attitude toward the poor. Not only does she remain a rich source of provocative social theory to this day, her accomplishments affected the philosophical, sociological, and political thought. Addams was an activist of courage and a thinker of originality. Jane Addams embodied the purest moral standards of society which were best demonstrated by her founding of the Hull-House and her societal contributions, culminating with the winning of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.

Emily Howard Jennings was born in Norwich, Ontario on May 1st, 1831 to parents that were strong believers in the importance of receiving proper education: such strong believers, in fact, they actually home schooled their daughters. 1 At only 15, Stowe began her teaching career in a one-room schoolhouse in the neighboring town of Summerville, Ontario. However, she received only half of the salary that men did at the time. Six years later, she applied to Victoria College in Cobourg, Ontario but

Dorothea Dix was a woman who stood for the treatment and housing conditions of prisoners and the mentally ill.She observed and documented what she had seen and experienced. Her documentation changed her audiences minds and started the reform.

She later got caught and was later put into prison in 1864 by confederate troops and taken into prison. Along with Mary Edward walker, Clara Barton, was an Army nurse. Clara was to serve help in curing injured men. She had a bad experience when she went to go cure a man, a bullet that killed the man she was helping was peireced threw her sleeve. She had been assisting him and tried to save him, but it was too late and he had died. Also these women made a legacy in life, Underground Railroad, being the first US army women surgeon, and the foundation of the American Red Cross. Mary Todd Lincoln, who was married to Abraham Lincoln. Although she was a lot different then the other important women in the civil war, she was just as important. She was the wife of the president during the war. Although she did not exactly fight or become a nurse of the war, she still had to take care of her family and all of Abraham’s stressful days. She had to mend to her children’s needs while Abraham was out making sure the troops in the war were in the right standings. When 1865 came around it was a terrible year for her, her family and her heart were crushed. Her loved one was assassinated, and her family and herself had no idea how to handle it. Being that she was the presidents wife, she was still important to make a legacy. Showed that women are strong enough to handle stress, children, and deaths in their family to be strong for

Throughout history, thousands of people have influenced today's society by their works and words. Dorothea Dix, for example, was a reformer of the mentally ill who changed the way mental institutions are run today. Dix, born in 1802, was an author, reformist, and teacher during her life who helped create dozens of new institutions across the US and Europe; challenging the idea that people with mental disturbances could not be cured or helped. Although some believe that Dorothea Dix created a new issue by introducing the idea of mental illness as a defense, in reality, she was important in our history because of her impact on the institutions and female education.

Dorothea Dix contributed so much for the betterment of treament and condition of the mentally ill and was achieved with her strong will and compassion for the degraded.

The teachers profiled in “Unforgettable Miss Bessie”, “My Favorite Teacher”, and “And the Orchestra Played On” are remembered and admired by the narrators. Miss Bessie, Miss Hattie, and Mr. K. possessed significant qualities that made them remarkable educators. They inspired and encouraged students. They only wanted the best for their students and prepared them for their futures, enabling them to overcome difficulties in school. Besides the content of their subject matter these educators their taught students to believe that their lives and future all depends from themselves: whether they would choose the clean asphalt road or dirty, bumpy one.

She gave them a fair chance to live a satisfying life by being a huge part of creating dozens of new institutions across the United States and in Europe. Dorothea Dix started her change in the world when she was younger by becoming a teacher. In 1821 Dix opened an academy for wealthy young ladies in her grandmother's house, and conducted a free school for poor children. Her contagious joy in teaching made her schools highly successful. Due to an illness she had to leave teaching but two years later she

Dorothea Lynde Dix moved and lived with her wealthy grandmother, also named Dorothea Dix, to isolate from her abusive and alcoholic parents. It wasn’t soon after that she began to educate young women and children. She was already contributing to society when she established a school to educate poor and neglected children. Dix’s school educated hundreds of children, but her regressing health forced her to discontinue her school. However, this regressing health sought her to travel to Europe, where she met several lobbyists. Dix was heavily inspired by the actions of these lobbyists. While at a Sunday-school class in East Cambridge House of Correction, she found a

Saving the lives of people could help the society to grow bigger. Margaret Knight was an important figure in American History because she helped people from getting hurt and made it easier to pack items. Margaret

Clara Barton was born to assist. Even though as a child she was shy and timid, she quickly found ways of overcoming those obstacles such as teaching. “

Continuing throughout the work, Cavendish  establishes the importance of education in preparing individuals for higher roles in society. The Empress “erected schools and several societies “ thoroughly educating her people and anointing them  high value occupations and positions in society, making,” the ape-men her chemists, the satyrs her Galenic physicians, the fox men her politicians,  the spider- and lice-men her mathematicians... Etc”

It is interesting to note that one of the most influential educators and researchers of all time was rejected for a professorship position because she was a woman and because she was overqualified (Fraenkel). Much to the benefit of present day curriculum development, the job rejection landed her in a series of positions that would eventually lead to her work with the U.S. Office of Education. Described as a short, squat, and spunky woman, Hilda Taba was notorious for her matter of fact, no nonsense approach in dealing with people (Krull, 481). Born in Estonia, in 1902, she received a German education, and then went on to study in the United States. The combination and the contrast of her two educations would later play an integral role in the formation of her curriculum ideals. Furthermore, her background in science contributed greatly to her scientific model of curriculum development (Hayes, 15).