Dorothea Dix

By Amy Paulson Herstek

Subjects: Care, Juvenile literature, Biography, Women, Reformers, Social problems, Women, biography, Mentally ill, Social reformers, Dix, dorothea lynde, 1802-1887, Women social reformers, History

Description: Traces the life and career of a great social reformer, from her strict upbringing, through her years as a teacher and Civil War nurse, to her work as a lobbyist in Congress.