Dorothea Puente

     Dorothea Lynde Dix was quoted as saying, “In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.” Dix began at the age of 39, and spent the next 20 years as a social reformer for the treatment of the mentally ill. When asked to teach a Sunday School class at a women’s correctional facility, Dix was appalled at the conditions, as well as the fact that many of the women weren’t criminals, but were instead mentally

Dorothea Lange Have you ever heard of a photographer who impacted someone's life so great that they weren’t feeling stalled and stranded anymore? Well, Dorothea Lange was an innovative photographer who made families not hurt anymore during the Great Depression, in the 1930s. With her camera , she recorded and pictured the despair and uncertainty of the urban unemployed and the poverty of the migrant families who lived in the roadside camps. She had a passion to capture every one hurting

villains, two world wars and a bunch of poems describing them, it makes it difficult to conclude on what being an ‘Aussie’ really is. Thankfully, the two thought-provoking poems Nobody Calls Me a Wog Anymore by Komninos Zervos, and My Country by Dorothea Mackellar both use their discerning selection of themes to reflect modern attitudes in some extent. Along with their themes, Nobody Calls Me a Wog Anymore and My Country both use their story to capture the attributes modern Australians possess to

member. Usually only the well being were able to hide the ill member, the lower classes because of the cost of a useless extra family member, were forced to turn their insane member to the streets. Asylums for the mental ill were first developed by Dorothea Dix after her horrified visit to Bedlam hospital. Dix single handily helped transform asylums of the late 18th century into organized medical models that are seen today. Thus, by Dix’s need to help others and her determination to change the lives

Blue Mountains and beautiful beaches. In Dorothea Mackellar’s poem (My Country), she expressed how much she loves the natural landscape. Te imagery of ‘the sapphire-misted mountains’ highlights Mackellar’s appreciation of the mountainous areas of Australia. The line ‘I love a sunburnt country’ highlights the diversity of the landscape in Australia. Therefore, Australia is still a lucky country because of the natural landscape, which is highlighted in Dorothea Mackellar’s poem. Even though Australia

Depression and harsh weather conditions during the 1930’s causing Americans to suffer through extreme hardship and impoverishment. Many of the migrant farmers were bankrupt, destitute, and struggled to survive. Photographer and photojournalist, Dorothea Lange, captured the dangerous conditions migrant workers and their families endured through her photograph, Migrant Mother. The photograph not only displays a woman and children suffering, but also reveals the determination and willpower the woman

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: One of the Scariest places in the World Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a time where the scariest places were in work? How about the Riddle House located in Florida, where two grown men committed suicide and are waiting for their next victims. The Bell Witch Cave is where a family was killed by spirits that still are hungry for young blood. A little girl died and her soul lies in each of the dolls watching and waiting for her killer at The Island

showed her story of survival. Alison set up ‘Faces of Hope’ Fund what helps provide medical care and education for children in the world who are in crisis or poverty. Wright was influenced by work of photographers such as Lewis Hine, Eugene Smith, Dorothea Lange, Sebastio Salgado and Henri Cartier Bresson. However, Wright’s own documentary style showed where she has worked on personal work projects, working for aid organizations such as Unicef, BRAC, CARE and Women for Women, working close to the victims

capable of changing the world in a major way, like Dorothea Dix did. Dorothea Dix was a woman of the mid 1800’s who devoted her life to visiting homes and hospitals for the mentally ill and fixing them up. She founded countless mental hospitals, she changed how people thought of and treated the mentally ill, and she got important political figures to help her with her cause. Dorothea Dix changed the lives of the mentally ill for all of time to come. Dorothea Dix founded numerous hospitals and treatment

Dix’s life changed in 1841, when she began teaching Sunday school at the East Cambridge Jail, a women’s prison. She discovered the alarming treatment of the prisoners, specifically those with mental illnesses, whose place of residence had no heat. She immediately went to court and ensured an order to provide heat for the prisoners, along with other advancements. She began traveling around the state to research the conditions in prisons, and ultimately arranged a document that was presented to the