| Description |
xi, 538 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-526) and index. |
| Contents |
The making of an angry young woman -- The education of a Liberal Christian -- The English malady -- The discovery of "suffering humanity" -- "I plead, I implore, I demand..." -- Voice for the mad -- The perils of politics -- "The brethren" -- Conquest of the South -- Slavery and the limits of moral vision -- "I bask in court favor" -- "The poor weak president has...lacerated my life" -- The American missionary to the mad -- Into the tempest -- "Our Florence Nightingale" -- A buried life. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
Describing in horrifying detail the conditions she witnessed in jails, prisons, and asylums, this biography of Dorothea Dix documents her crusade to help the impoverished mentally ill by lobbying legislatures and soliciting funds that ultimately created thirty state asylums. |
| Subject |
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887.
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Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
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Mentally ill -- Care -- United States -- History.
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| Indexed Term |
Mentally disordered persons Care |
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United States |
| Subject |
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887.
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Social Work, Psychiatric -- United States -- Biography.
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Hospitals, Psychiatric -- history -- United States -- Biography.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Gollaher, David, 1949- Voice for the mad. New York : Free Press, c1995 (OCoLC)624400685 |
| ISBN |
0029123992 |
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9780029123997 |
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