She was the superintendent of nurses for the union army.
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Dorothea Dix set the guidelines for women who volunteered to be nurses during the Civil War. They must wear drab and unhooped brown or black dresses and were not permitted to wear cosmetics or jewelry of any kind.
dorothea dix was the first born of 3 children. she had 2 brothers that she took care of.
Major Accomplishments: • Dorothea Dix has been described as the most effective advocate of humanitarian reform in American mental institutions, during the nineteenth century.• From 1824 to 1829 she published five books.• During the Civil War she was an army nurse.• She has her own stamp with her picture on it. It was made September 23, 1993.
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It was a girl and her name was Dorothea Dix