“How many people do you think throughout history were diagnosed as schizophrenic, psychotic, bipolar, or maybe just plain crazy when they had something that could’ve been so easily diagnosed?” For my mental health related movie/tv show project, I decid…
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Digital Project
For my digital project, I am writing about the impact of Dorothea Dix’s crusades in Massachusetts in order to understand why she was considered a successful reformer. One thing from the beginning that I noticed was that after her time in MA, her …
Post Massachusetts
Following her successful crusade in Massachusetts, Dorothea Dix traveled around the United States on a mission to improve the conditions in other asylums and institutions. This memorial letter written by Dix and given to Congress, is one asking for lan…
“Flowers of New England”
When sifting through sources to find out more about Dorothea Dix’s background, I stumbled upon this New York Times article titled, “Flowers of New England.” It is a piece from a book titled Three Wise Virgins, and wove together the st…
Research Proposal
HERE is my research proposal for the semester!
Vital Site for Research
I am studying and researching something that we have talked about shortly in class: Dorothea Lynde Dix’s campaigns for the mentally ill. A site that has proven to be vital for my research has been the U.S. National Library of Medicine, where I ha…
Proposal – Sandra Day O’Connor
Carson Berrier: Proposal Sandra Day O’Connor is one of the most famous faces of women’s history—the first woman to be nominated and appointed to the Supreme Court in 1981. Retiring in 2006, O’Connor served on the Supreme Court for many years, making an…
A Memorial to Tennessee
Along with having an impact on states in the northeast, Dorothea Dix also sought change in Tennessee as well. In her Memorial to the State of Tennessee, she sought improvements for accommodations of the mentally insane by the creation of a new hospital…
“Feeling Blah? It’s Called Languishing.”
Years down the road in (hopefully) post-pandemic times, history will write about our time in quarantine as something that would happen once in a lifetime. But, having lived and experienced it, how has mental health changed for some people? And, how wil…
Dix & Foucault
Through all of the research I have done as a student here, it has always been focused on women, and I didn’t want this class to be any exception. I had heard her name in passing before, but this past week I did a deep dive into who Dorthea “…
