thanks for the drink, dix.

the other day i was thinking about how funny having to read aloud in grade school was, especially when 10 year olds had to get through “dorothea dix” without laughing.  so i began to do some half ass wiki research because im very stupid and forgot who dorothea dix was.  thats right i remember now.  she was an american activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the united states congress, created the first generation of american mental asylums.  during the civil war.  she served as a superintendent of army nurses.  what better way to remember her than to build a fountain in boston for thirsty horses.