Dix's war to save the wounded in hospitals.(SATURDAY)(THE CIVIL WAR) From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: April 19, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 News World Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Peter Cliffe, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

There are many kinds of courage. One notable example took the form of a woman's dogged struggle against entrenched opposition as she helped those in need. Unfazed and unyielding, Dorothea Lynde Dix undoubtedly was such a champion, but surely there were times when her frail body, which never enjoyed good health, cried for rest.

Dix was born to poor parents on April 4, 1802, in Hampden, Maine, just south of Bangor. When she was 10, her father died and she went to live with grandparents in Boston, where her grandfather was ...

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