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About Dorothea Dix

Dorothea Dix was a 19th-century American social reformer. Dorothea Lynde Dix 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. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Work — The value of effort, discipline, and meaningful labour
  • God — Spiritual reflections on the divine, faith, and creation

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