In addition, she is author of:
Dix, D. (1843). Memorial: To the Legislature of Massachusetts. Boston, MA:
Munroe & Francis
Dix, D.L. (1971 reprint). Poverty, U.S.A.: The historical record on behalf
of the insane poor: Selected reports. New York, NY: Arno Press & The New
York Times
These are holdings in our Archives and Library on Disability at UIC,
available at:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/idhd/archives/
>Yes, Dorothea Dix is relatively well known here in the U.S. There is a
>book by
>Gerald Grob called The Mad Among Us:A Hisotry of the Care of America's
>Mentally
>Ill published by the Harvard University Press that you might find
>useful. Hope
>this helps.
>
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> > Dear All,
> >
> > I have just looked at the website given on Nick Watsons mail
> >
> > http://www.sfsu.edu/~hrdpu/chron.htm (its good for US development if anyone
> > wants a look),
> >
> > and one of the first entries on the chronology was
> >
> > 1841-
> > Dorothea Dix begins her work on behalf of people with disabilities
> incarcerated
> > in jails and poorhouses.
> >
> > Has anybody heard of this lady before, or have any idea where I could find
> > information about her and her work?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Jenny Parry
> >
> > 4CJ
> > School of Social Sciences
> > University of Wales
> > BANGOR
> > Gwynedd LL57 2DG
> >
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