Dorothea Dix: A Mental Institution Reformer Every day is the same to you; you wake up‚ read the paper‚ and drink your coffee. You work at the East Cambridge Prison‚ where you keep the inmates in order by whipping them‚ chaining them up‚ and by not giving them food. You know that the conditions are wrong and inhumane‚ but it’s a well-paying job. You don’t speak out because you’re worried about your family and three kids at home who need to be fed. Stories like these occurred in prisons and mental
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NUR513Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Adult Obesity: Application of Orem‚ King‚ and Pender’s Conceptual Models Adult obesity is one of the United States most serious health problems. Approximately 127 million adult Americans in the U.S. are overweight (American Obesity Association‚ n. d.). "Each year‚ obesity causes at least 300‚000 excess deaths in the U.S.‚ and healthcare costs of American adults with obesity amount to approximately $100 billion" (American Obesity Association‚ n. d.).
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In 1936 Florence Thompson allowed Dorothea Lange to photograph her family because she thought it might help the plight of the working poor. "She always wanted a better life‚" her daughter later said. The "Mother Migrants" picture can be said to be the most celebrated narrative picture of the twentieth century and has turned into an image of perseverance even with misfortune. One of Lange’s most perceived works is titled Migrant Mother. The lady in the photograph is Florence Owens Thompson. In 1960
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My Country – Dorothea Mackellar My Country is an iconic nationalistic poem about Australia written by Dorothea Mackellar in 1908. Dorothea Mackellar was born in Sydney in 1885. Her education was comprised of private home tutoring until she attended University of Sydney. She travelled broadly with her parents and also become fluent in Spanish‚ French‚ German and Italian. She highly educated and lived an adventurous life. Though raised in a professional urban family‚ Mackellar’s poetry is usually
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A destitute mother glances to the side as her two children cling to her shoulders. The photograph taken by Dorothea Lange of the Migrant Mother exists as one of the most iconic images from the years of the Great Depression. But it raises the question of what makes the photo remarkably famous. Without planning for it at the time‚ Lange successfully presented to the world the hardships of the Great Depression and the immense impact it created on people and their lives’. Perhaps it holds noticeable
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Dorothea Lange’s photo “Young Family‚ Penniless” illuminates the human soul‚ during the Depression Era‚ is resilient. A young family‚ a man‚ woman‚ and baby‚ are traveling on a long and dirt road. They are in California during the great depression. The man is carrying two leather suitcases‚ showing they are traveling and not just going on a walk‚ and the woman is carrying the child. They are standing on a dirt road next to the highway‚ hitchhiking. On their left side is a highway with telephone poles
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Dorothea Lynde Dix was mainly known for taking a stand for the treatment of the mentally ill. She saw that the mentally ill were living in inhumane living conditions‚ being kept in jails because of their illnesses‚ and felt that there needed to be a change. During a time where women did not even have the right to vote for their president‚ Dorothea Dix was able to convince several states to provide proper funding to build over thirty hospitals for the mentally ill across the United States. She believed
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Dorothea Lange was a photographer in the 1920’s. She influenced the timeframe she was in. Dorothea Lange was born on May 26‚ 1895. She was born in Hoboken‚ New Jersey. Her maiden name was Dorothea Nutzhorn. Dorothea came from a family of 4. She had one brother named Martin‚ her dad was named Heinrich‚ and her mom was named Johanna. Her parents got divorced in Dorothea’s teen years‚ and she blamed the divorce on her father so she changed her last name to Lange. At age 7‚ Dorothea was struck with polio
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Penitence over Punishment: Reforming America’s Prisons From the New Deal to the Great Society‚ America has developed many government programs meant to benefit the American people. Dorothea Dix‚ one of the first famous prison reformers from America’s’ Antebellum period from 1840-1860‚ saw that there were many problems in America’s prison system that she had to stand up for. Before her work‚ prison was viewed purely as a source of punishment and showed very little mercy to its captives. This strict
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Malolos‚ Bulacan A case study of a 60 years old female client who had a: Left Breast Carcinoma Submitted by: BSN 3C Group 1 Agustin‚ Katherine G. Alejo‚ Arlene Azul‚ Emmanuel Balingit‚ Sharmaine Crizza C. Bantug‚ Ann Gene Batongbacal‚ Roxette Joy C. Buiza‚ Angelica Mae C. Cabildo‚ Lady Lee DS. Castillo‚ Sharmaine D. Chavez‚ Kathleen C. Chico‚ Rizzamae Gumabon‚ Jerry Ann B. Submitted to: Clinical Instructors I. Introduction This is a case of client ER with an
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