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Dorothea Dix

American author and social reformer (1802–1887)

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    Asylum, prison, and poorhouse : the writings and reform work of Dorothea Dix in Illinois / [editor] David L. Lightner.

    Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. | Date: 1999
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    Memorial, to the Legislature of Massachusetts.

    Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. | Date: [1843]
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    Memorial. To the legislature of Massachusetts [In behalf of the pauper insane and idiots in jails and poorhouses throughout the Commonwealth. Jan. 1843].

    Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. | Date: 1843
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    Memorial soliciting enlarged and improved accommodations for the insane of the state of Tennessee : by the establishment of a new hospital / by Miss D. L. Dix ; printed by order of the General Assembly, November, 1847.

    Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. | Date: 1847
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    Annual report of the managers of the State Lunatic Asylum. : Utica, January 16, 1844.

    New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum. | Date: 1844
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Hospitals, Psychiatric
United States
Mentally ill - Care
Hospitals, Psychiatric
History, 19th Century
Social Welfare
Hospitals, Psychiatric

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