by WOH Manager | Feb 20, 2015
Dorothea Dix was a lifelong activist who fought for change in the medical field, challenged 19th-century notions of mental illness, recruited nurses during the Civil War, and revolutionized modern nursing practices. Born in Hampden, Main in 1802, Dix suffered from an...
by WOH Manager | Feb 20, 2015
Pioneering documentary photographer Dorothea Lange, challenged in her childhood by contracting polio and by the abandonment by her father, decided at a young age to become a photographer. After graduation, she obtained work in leading photographers” studios. She...