Dorothea Dix Quote

With care and patience, people may accomplish things which, to an indolent person, would appear impossible.

Dorothea Dix

With care and patience, people may accomplish things which, to an indolent person, would appear impossible.

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About Dorothea Dix

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