Hostility and neglect. [heartbeat] i am a mental patient at Saint Elizabeth hospital in washington, d. C. For ages, People Like Us have been hidden in darkness, families do not like to talk about their members in Mental Hospitals. People seem to think there is something worse about the mentally ill than being ill with pneumonia. Well, it is not true and because it is not true, tonight mental patients all over the country are gathering together to strip away that darkness. Now you can see me and in a moment, you will see others like me. You will learn from us how mental patients used to be treated. The conditions of our hospitals today and the new hope that we have no to get well again. Now to get well again. Lets take the first part, how we used to be treated. I am standing on a stage, behind me, my fellow patients at Saint Elizabeths our celebrating our centennial. They are performing a play written by ourselves. It is about our founder, dorothea dix, who lived back when lincoln did a
R. I. M a mental patient at Saint Elizabeths hospital in washington, d. C. For ages, People Like Us have been hidden in darkness. Families dont like to talk about their members in a Mental Hospital. People think there is something worse about being mentally hospital them mentally ill than being sick with pneumonia. It is not true. And tonight, mental patients from around the country are gathered together to strip away that dark this. And in a moment you will see others like me. You will learn from us how mental patients used to be treated. The conditions of our hospitals today and the new hope that we have now to get well again. Lets take the first part. How we used to be treated. I am standing on a stage. Behind me, my fellow patients at Saint Elizabeths are celebrating our centennial. They are performing a play written by ourselves. It is about our founder, dorothy lynn dix who lived back when lincoln did and fought for better treatment for People Like Us. Each person in the play is
Of my friends have heard me give this origin story. This book came about because of the review i did that mention the series that was used biography to teach history. It would hit biographical topics or would you say representative biography to get at a broader subject of history. They had just published their first volume, it was on pocahontas because of the issues regarding native American History. They were looking for someone to do something on American Foreign relations. He offered me the opportunity to put together a perspective. These were supposed to be short and concise books. That was the idea. The topic i debated and consulted with some people about which biographical figure might serve that purpose in the american context. I kept coming back to Henry Kissinger. A man whos had such a long career of american and foreign relations. Though not born in the United States, his career really does represent something about 20thcentury american politics. When i did get the chance to
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Curator sarah levit shows us what architecture can reveal about how the mentally ill were cared for over time. We decided to do this exhibition for many reasons, one of which, i think its a real important moment to be talking about the role of the federal government in providing Public Health and providing healthcare for the mentally ill and what that role has been over the time. I think it is an interesting time to talk about that. Also, right now, at st. Elizabeths in d. C. , its really a time where theyre looking to develop the land. Its now split into two halves, the federal government owns half of it and it will become the department of Homeland Security, which is something thats happening right now and also development is really starting on the east campus, which is owned by the city of washington, d. C. Its a really interesting time to Start Talking about that since theyre really moving forward and starting that development process. This is a great hall as we call it in the old