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Dorothea Dix

Dorothea Dix. Born April 4, 1802 Died July 17, 1887 After seeing the horrible conditions for the mentally ill in prisons in Massachusetts, Dorothea got Congress to establish state mental institutions . .

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Dorothea Dix

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  1. Dorothea Dix • Born April 4, 1802 • Died July 17, 1887 • After seeing the horrible conditions for the mentally ill in prisons in Massachusetts, Dorothea got Congress to establish state mental institutions.

  2. “I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.” • The efforts of Dorothea Dix lead to the creation of 32 mental institutions, 15 schools for the disabled, a school for the blind, and a number of training facilities for nurses in the United States. • She has been named one of the most effective advocate of humanitarian reform for the mentally ill in the 19th century.

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