Dorthea Dix and Prison Reform in the U.S.
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- čas přidán 27. 09. 2012
- 3rd place medalist for Junior Individual Documentary at the 2012 National History Day contest in Washington, D.C. For her documentary on Dorthea Dix and prison reform in the United States.
My dad served on the USS DORTHEA DIX hospital ship during WW2. Over the years his memories of service to the wounded, as a pharmacist mate. He recalled the ships namesake.Dorthea Dix was a very powerful woman. Who helped special needs persons. My wife and i have worked with special needs and handicapped persons. My dads compassion filtered its way into my life. As dorthea dix and her work filtered down to him. She was a very influential in her dedecation.Miss Dix if your out there in the heavens above, THANK YOU!!!!
I use this every year in my 8th grade history class. My students always enjoy it and share some great thoughts afterward. Also, kudos to you as the filmmaker for interviewing a female historian for the project.
Fantastic video. I am a student at Yeshiva university, getting my MSW. This video is very helpful 👍🏻
This is a very incredibly done video! Very interesting! Obviously deserves the medal it won Nationally! Outstanding work, Joanna!
If this won "only" 3rd place the first and second must have been sensational, because this is exceptionally well produced but more than that, exceptionally well researched. Major kudos to its creator! Kudos and many shouts of "bravo!".
Excellent video! Thank you for making it and sharing it! I showed it to my student after learning about prison reforms in the 1800s.
This helped me so much on my school project. Thx
This is AMAZING!!! I am doing history day at my school and was wondering what program did you make your documentary with?
i used this to help with my history thankssssss :)
Well done! Thank you!
Great video..
She didn't just change the US but changed Europe
Kudos to you! Also yay for our early Women leaders in the Unitarian Churches! <3
This was a good video, itll be great for my Project assignment😊
In my research, the asylums deteriorated badly, and her ideas, though foundational, did not change the basic idea that the “insane” were a burden to society and unworthy of the funding it would take to care for them properly. In 1887, Nellie Bly proved this by getting herself arrested in order to see the conditions of the insane asylums herself. Her stories and subsequent book Ten Days in a Mad House were able to increase funding to the asylums, but did not address the deeper embedded systemic issues that perpetuated stereotypes and social stigma. Throwing money at a dysfunctional system simply magnified its flaws - a culture based on social Darwinism where some are judged as less worthy and leading to eugenics and mass sterilization of the mentally “unfit.” The stigma persists today.
very sad but it worked
Dorothea gave so much for her cause I recorded a podcast on her efforts as well, thanks!