Memorial: To the Legislature of Massachusetts
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Title
Memorial: To the Legislature of Massachusetts
Description
Dorothea Dix’s 1843 speech petitioning the Massachusetts Legislature for funds to improve the living condition of people with mental illnesses at Worchester Hospital. Her speech includes detailed descriptions of conditions in state and privately funded asylums, prisons, almshouses, and poorhouses throughout the North East.
Creator
Dix, Dorothea Lynde
Source
Simmons University Archives Charities Collection (Gift of Donald Moreland)
Publisher
Printed by Munroe & Francis
Date
1843 January
Contributor
Simmons University Library
Rights
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Learn more:
Miss Dorothea Dix (1802 - 1887): Teacher, Nurse, Social Reformer and Advocate for the Mentally Ill, Social Welfare History Project
Articles and documents related to mental illness, Social Welfare History Project
Miss Dorothea Dix (1802 - 1887): Teacher, Nurse, Social Reformer and Advocate for the Mentally Ill, Social Welfare History Project
Articles and documents related to mental illness, Social Welfare History Project
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Citation
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, “Memorial: To the Legislature of Massachusetts,” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed April 27, 2025, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/186.