Yes there is. In North Carolina.
Dorothea Dix was the U.S. reformer who led a lifelong crusade to reform barbarous conditions in mental institutions.
Dorothea Dix was named Dragon Dix because of the rules she made for the woman about becoming a nurse.
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Dorothea Dix is a mental hospital named in honor of the woman with the same name. She lived in the 19th Century and worked to improve conditions for the mentally handicapped.
Dorothea Dix was the U.S. reformer who led a lifelong crusade to reform barbarous conditions in mental institutions.
Dorothea Dix was named Dragon Dix because of the rules she made for the woman about becoming a nurse.
Dorothea dix
they hated her becasue she was a good person the should die
Dorothea Dix
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Dorothea Dix
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Dorothea Dix's maternal grandmother was named Mary Bigelow. She played a significant role in Dix's early life, especially in her education and upbringing, as Dix was raised in a challenging family environment. Mary Bigelow's influence helped shape Dix's values and commitment to social reform, particularly in mental health care.
As Director of Nurses for the Union Army, Dorothea Dix provided an equal standard of care to Union and Confederate wounded alike. This made her beloved in the South. In North Carolina, the state mental hospital was founded in Raleigh. It was closed and its functions transferred to the "Dix Unit" at Central Regional Hospital. Dorothea Dix was not related to John Adams Dix, the Civil War general whose name graces Fort Dix, NJ.
Dorothea Dix supported the cause of taking care of the mentally insane. Her work lead to the creation of mental asylums in America.