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Article: Dorothea Dix
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- Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
- Article date:
- February 6, 2008
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Author's note: I wrote about Dorothea Dix because she inspired
me. She inspired me because after reading and doing research about
her, I decided that I wanted to be the first at something, just like
her. I'm still not sure at what I want to be the first at, but I
will find out someday. Now I have a goal, I have something to look
forward to do. I was inspired by Dorothea Dix and that is why I
wrote about her.
Dorothea Dix lived a life no normal child would want to live. She
was born in a tiny village of Hamden, which back then was distract
Maine. "A city girl," is the last thing Dorothea should be called.
She lived deep in the woods, owned by her rich grandfather, who
lived in Boston. ...