A girl begins her lonely journey -- "The world is my home" -- A teacher and an author -- Beginning the great work -- "I shall be obliged to speak with great plainness" -- Moral treatment for prisoners -- A veto at home, a welcome in Europe -- A model of charity for the South -- The American Florence Nightingale -- More travel, more battles
Summary
Examines Dorothea Dix's tireless research and personal lobbying of legislators led to construction of asylums for the mentally ill in state after state
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123) and index
