Dorothea Dix

DorotheaDix

female, deceased (1887)
Activism, Nurse, Baldwin, Evarts, Hoar & Sherman family, from Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Congress, From Boston…DorotheaLyndeDix
Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802 - July 17, 1887) was an American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of...
Moses Sheppard

Moses Sheppard

male, deceased (1857)
from Philadelphia, American Antislavery Society, Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, Society of Friends Indian Affairs Committee, DorotheaLyndeDix, Religious Society of Friends
Moses Sheppard (1771 - 1857) was a Baltimore businessman, a Friend (Quaker), a philanthropist, and founder of the now Sheppard and Enoch Pratt...