Dix, Dorothea

Dix, Dorothea

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...
Lange, Dorothea

Lange, Dorothea

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...