History of the United States I / Unit 15 USH1 2142 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Dorothea Dix
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The idea
Dorothea Dix was placed in charge of Union army nurses, a position with no precedent and no established qualifications to fill it.
In practice
A rumour that Dix sought women over thirty, plain almost to repulsion in dress.
Where people slip
The stated reason was that such women would not form romantic liaisons with soldiers. The anchor calls it rumour and so does this course.
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