In June of 1861, Dorothea Dix was appointed to supervise the female ones of these
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Women and the War - Boundless  In June 1861, the United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) was founded as a private ... Dorothea Dix served as the Union's Superintendent of Female Nurses ... In 1864, Union General Benjamin Butler appointed her the lady in charge of ... of the Confederacy, she was under close supervision by Union forces following...
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Dorothea Lynde Dix - Women's History - HISTORY.com  Find out more about the history of Dorothea Lynde Dix, including videos, interesting ... and in Europe and changed people's perceptions of these populations. ... Dix volunteered her services one week after the Civil War (1861-1865) began. ... was the first woman to serve in such a high capacity in a federally appointed role.
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Civil War Nurses | HistoryNet  Civil War Nurses summary: Thousands of women served as volunteer nurses ... In April 1861, Dorothea Dix and a hastily assembled group of volunteer female ... On a Sunday in June 1861, Bickerdyke listened as her pastor, Edward .... in the third person, described the passing of one of these men: Thank you, madam
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Higlights in the History of the Army Nurse Corps: Chronology  10 Jun 1861 Two months after the Civil War began on 12 April 1861, the Secretary of War appointed Dorothea Lynde Dix, famed for her work on .... "American women may well feel proud of the record made by these nurses in 189899, ... a competent member of the Nurse Corps" to supervise nursing activities in the American...
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Dorothea Dix: Mental Health Reformer and Civil War Nurse ...  Mar 29, 2012 ... A profile of Dorothea Dix, a Civil War nurse and advocate for the mentally ill. ... In 1863, Joseph Henry was appointed to the board of the hospital, and remained a ... Dix was made Superintendent of the United States Army Nurses on June 10. ... On one occasion in 1861 she visited Joseph Henry to discuss...
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Lunacy in the 19th Century: Women's Admission to Asylums in ...  Between the years of 1850-1900, women were placed in mental institutions ... with symptoms were later diagnosed insane by reasons such as religious ... today's practices, but the diagnoses resulting from the symptoms were also only ... and lack of opportunities to be able to understand why so many women were deemed.
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United States Women in Aviation through World War I - Smithsonian ...  Matilde Moisant. 30. Katherine Stinson. 33. Marjorie Stinson. 36. Ruth Law. 39 .... fly in World War I. The first Russian woman to serve as a military pilot, and...
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Harriet Tubman Conductor of the Underground Railroad Civil War  Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave from Maryland who became known as ... Civil War she was a spy with for the federal forces in South Carolina as well ... During the Civil War, Tubman worked for the Union army as a nurse, a cook, and a spy. ... She recruited a group of former slaves to hunt for rebel camps and report on...
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Digication e-Portfolio :: Sandra McTiernan :: SCR150  She became the lady in charge of the hospitals and witnessed some of the most harrowing experiences. ... After the war, she ran the Office for Missing Soldiers. ... During the Civil War, Dix worked as the Superintendent of Nurses for the Union. .... slaves who volunteered to join the Army of the James's U. S. Colored Troops.
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Meeting the Needs of Today's Girl: Youth Organizations and the ...  served more than one and a half million girls in the United States, having ..... 25 Nancy Manahan, ed., On My Honor: Lesbians Reflect on Their Scouting ...... Women and the United Auto Workers, 1935-1975 (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, ...... by their first African-American president, Gloria D. Scott. ...... Tietz, Elsie Randall.
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Rhinemaidens - Wikipedia  Flosshilde joins them after a gentle reminder of their responsibilities as guardians of the gold. They are observed by the...
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Civil War Nurses | HistoryNet  Civil War Nurses summary: Thousands of women served as volunteer nurses during ..... Jane and Georgy were assistant superintendents of the U.S. Army hospital at ... Like Hannah Ropes, the three Woolsey women used their prominent social .... translated their experience in Civil War hospitals into reforms in both nursing...
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Ministering WomenLuke 8:2-3 by Mary Elizabeth Baxter  The women who followed Jesus were of divers orders and position of society. ... to be the type of a fallen woman, for Christ had cast out of her seven devils. (Mar 16:9.) But there was also Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, a woman of ... There was Susanna, whom we do not hear of afterwards, "and many others.
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135 Years Ago: Clara Barton Launches the American Red Cross ...  May 19, 2016 ... When the Civil War began in 1861, Clara Barton was just another clerk at the ... she started delivering medical supplies and tending to wounded soldiers ... Heroin's Devastation: A 100-Year-Old Problem That Won't Go Away...
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Civil War Women Soldiers  Jun 5, 2013 ... They dressed in men's clothing and assumed masculine names; bound their ... The existence of female soldiers was no secret during or after the Civil War. .... If the newspapers are correct, Molly Bean was a young woman who enlisted in the 47th North Carolina Infantry some time in the spring of 1863.
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History of Acting Final Flashcards | Quizlet  awarded Lieutenant General of the Prussian Army, captured the first French flags at .... toured the US, ran the Thtre de la Renaissance as a producer/director/star, ... joined the Thtre Libre, organized a group of painters known as The Nabis, ... female impersonator, made the prima donna a fixture of blackface minstrelsy,...
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Civil War Timeline / Chronology for March 1864  ... promoted to Lieutenant General and given command of all active United States forces. ... March 12, 1864, Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant assumes command of the ... March 15, 1864, Moving men and vessels up the Red River, the Union Army ... McPherson is promoted to Sherman's old position, commander of the Army of...
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Dorothea Dix: Mental Health Reformer and Civil War Nurse ...  Mar 29, 2012 ... A profile of Dorothea Dix, a Civil War nurse and advocate for the mentally ill. ... made Superintendent of the United States Army Nurses on June 10. ... Though extremely busy during the war, Dix did stay in contact with her friends the Henrys. .... Social reform advocate, educator and nurse, she led the fight for...
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Louisa May Alcott and the American Civil War - History In An Hour  Nov 22, 2011 ... Inevitably, Louisa felt called to serve when, in 1861, the Civil War broke ... This was good enough for Dorothea Dix, Superintendent of Army Nurses for the Union Army. ... Little Women will recognize Jo/Louisa in this quick recovery, and in ... ill health from her war service; the key to her success as an author.
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Maude Royden 1876-1956 - Women and the Church  Here, based at the Victoria settlement, her empathy caused tension with those in ... (such an appointment was seen by one clergyman as a slur on the parish).
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Women Members of the U.S. Cabinet - Social Studies for Kids  Oct 14, 2016 ... The first woman to serve in the Cabinet was Frances Perkins, who ... President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Perkins, who is still the ... Next to serve was Oveta Hobby, who headed up the newly created Department of Health, Education, ... When she was Secretary of Transportation, she became the first...