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- catalog abstract ""Dorothea Dix was the most politically engaged woman of her generation, which was itself a remarkable tapestry of activists. An influential lobbyist as well as a paragon of the doctrine of female benevolence, she vividly illustrated the complexities of the "separate spheres" of politics and femininity." "An activist who disdained the women's rights and antislavery movements, Dix, an old-line Whig, sought to promote national harmony and became the only New England social reformer to work successfully in the lower South right up to the eve of secession. When war broke out, she sought to achieve as Superintendent of Women Nurses the sort of cultural authority she had seen Florence Nightingale win in the same role during the Crimean War. The disastrous failure of one of the most widely admired heroines in the nation provides a dramatic measure of the transformations of northern values during the war."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10585697.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""Dorothea Dix was the most politically engaged woman of her generation, which was itself a remarkable tapestry of activists. An influential lobbyist as well as a paragon of the doctrine of female benevolence, she vividly illustrated the complexities of the "separate spheres" of politics and femininity." "An activist who disdained the women's rights and antislavery movements, Dix, an old-line Whig, sought to promote national harmony and became the only New England social reformer to work successfully in the lower South right up to the eve of secession. When war broke out, she sought to achieve as Superintendent of Women Nurses the sort of cultural authority she had seen Florence Nightingale win in the same role during the Crimean War. The disastrous failure of one of the most widely admired heroines in the nation provides a dramatic measure of the transformations of northern values during the war."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-408) and index.".
- catalog description "TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Almost alone in this wide world -- Fixed as fate -- Moral power -- I tell what I have seen! -- This mighty vortex of labor -- A happiness which goes with you -- The property of the people -- A national work -- The moral horizon of a Unitarian minister -- The American invader -- Our people need to suffer -- Downright madness -- A huge wild beast has consumed my life -- At last.".
- catalog extent "xv, 422 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0674214889 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Harvard historical studies ; 127".
- catalog isPartOf "Harvard historical studies ; v. 127.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "362.2/1/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887.".
- catalog subject "HV28.D6 B75 1998".
- catalog subject "Mentally ill Care United States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Mentally ill Care United States History.".
- catalog subject "Social reformers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Unitarian women United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Unitarians United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "WZ 100.D575 B76 1998".
- catalog subject "Women social reformers United States Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Almost alone in this wide world -- Fixed as fate -- Moral power -- I tell what I have seen! -- This mighty vortex of labor -- A happiness which goes with you -- The property of the people -- A national work -- The moral horizon of a Unitarian minister -- The American invader -- Our people need to suffer -- Downright madness -- A huge wild beast has consumed my life -- At last.".
- catalog title "Dorothea Dix : New England reformer / Thomas J. Brown.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".