NOUN
- United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887)
How To Use Dorothea Dix In A Sentence
- In the mid-nineteenth century, Dorothea Dix began to campaign for humane treatment of the mentally ill.
- Dorothea Dix was born in Hampden, Maine, the daughter of an alcoholic Methodist preacher who was the black sheep of a wealthy merchant family.
- In the mid-nineteenth century, Dorothea Dix began to campaign for humane treatment of the mentally ill.
- In the mid-nineteenth century, Dorothea Dix began to campaign for humane treatment of the mentally ill.
- In the mid-nineteenth century, Dorothea Dix began to campaign for humane treatment of the mentally ill.
