Dorothea Dix
American activist and nurse
Died when: 85 years 104 days (1023 months)Star Sign: Aries
Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802 – July 17, 1887) was an American advocate on behalf of the indigent mentally ill who, through a vigorous and sustained program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first generation of American mental asylums.
During the Civil War, she served as a Superintendent of Army Nurses.
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