Dorothea Dix Quote

What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us.

Dorothea Dix

What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us.

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About Dorothea Dix

Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802 – July 17, 1887) was an American advocate on behalf of the poor mentally ill. By her vigorous and sustained program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, she helped create the first generation of American mental asylums. During the Civil War, she served as a Superintendent of Army Nurses.