Dorothea Dix Dorothea Dix was a girl who grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts to Joseph and Mary Dix. Dorothea Dix was most famous for her reforms in the prison system and upgrades in mental health facilities. These improvements altered women's rights and U.S. jurisdiction forever. Dorothea Dix also developed medical needs for patients throughout the U.S. This boosted health in asylums and prisons. One of Dix’s major accomplishments was founding the first public mental health hospital in Pennsylvania. The second of Dix’s major accomplishments was the Bill for the Benefit of the Indigent Insane. The last major accomplishment Dix achieved was being the primary doctor of the civil war, saving 5000 lives of wounded soldiers. She was one of the