4. Less Expensive. Possibly my favorite benefit of eating a clean, vegan diet is that itâs less expensive than buying processed vegan foods. You can buy a whole pound of sweet potatoes and lentils for less than what you can buy a bag of frozen sweet potato fries or a box of veggie burgers.
In 1881, Dix moved into the New Jersey State Hospital, Morris Plains. The state legislature had designated a suite for her private use as long as she lived. Although an invalid, she carried on correspondence with people from England, Japan, and elsewhere. Dix died on July 17, 1887.
During the American Civil War, Dix was appointed Superintendent of Army Nurses by the Union Army, beating out Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. She and others found that the qualities that made her a successful crusaderâindependence, single-minded zealâwere not effective in managing a large organization of female nurses under crisis conditions in a wide geographic area.