# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorothea-dix
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:45:05.327Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dorothea-dix"
name: "Dorothea Dix"
slug: "dorothea-dix"
description: "Dorothea Lynde Dix was an American advocate on behalf of the poor mentally ill. By her vigorous and sustained program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, she helped create the first generation of American mental asylums. During the Civil War, she served as a Superintendent of Army Nurses."
tagline: "American author and social reformer (1802–1887)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dix-Dorothea-LOC.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1802-04-04"
deathDate: "1887-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump