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Dissertation Information for Lawrence David Kramer

NAME:
- Lawrence David Kramer

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- History

SCHOOL:
- University of California, Los Angeles (USA) (1996)

ADVISORS:
- Daniel Walker Howe

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Ronald Mellor
- Joan Waugh
- Albert Hutter
- Alexander Saxton

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: Dorothea Lynde Dix: A psychobiographical study

Abstract: This psychobiographical study of the work, life, and ideas of nineteenth century reformer Dorothea Lynde Dix examines her labors on behalf of the indigent insane from the 1840's through the Civil War, placing her within the American political, social, and intellectual tradition of other nineteenth-century reformers. Dix worked out her childhood conflict between self-restraint and the unleashing of human passion by associating herself with both the Whig Party and with Unitarian theology. Dix equated the "madness" of her insane charges with the fear that political and social passions might suddenly become unleashed on a grand scale. Her role as Superintendent of Nurses during the Civil War represented a continuation of her earlier reform efforts.

MPACT Scores for Lawrence David Kramer

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calculated 2009-01-15 15:52:54

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ADVISEES:
- None

COMMITTEESHIPS:
- None