Dorothea Dix

Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802July 17, 1887) was an American advocate on behalf of the poor mentally ill. By her vigorous and sustained program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, she helped create the first generation of American mental asylums. During the Civil War, she served as a Superintendent of Army Nurses. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887
    Published 1845
    Boston, Munroe & Francis, 1845.
    104 p. 21 cm.
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    by Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887
    Published 1848
    Raleigh [N.C.] : Seaton Gales, printer for the State, [1848]
    1 online resource (48 pages)
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