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∙ 13y agoDorothea Dix was born on April 4, 1802. She helped the mentally ill in the 1800s, and traveled across the US on behalf of the mentally ill. She died on July 6, 1887 at the age 85.
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∙ 13y agoShe visited an asylum and saw how mentally disabled people were being beaten and starved.
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∙ 13y agoa sickness
an is an organization that uses force of arms, while the reform movement uses their intellect to make a change
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his aunt imprisoned him and the reform efforts were haltered.
sword and cross reform school
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insane asylums
Movements to reform prisons and mental hospitals.
yes it did, think of how hospitals and prisons are today
She changed the care of mentally ill people. They used to be abused and treated horribly, so she wanted to put a stop to it. She also started 32 new hospitals and started a new generation of mental asylums.
Dorthea Dix campaigned to improve the treatment of prisoners and the mentally ill. She began her campaign because she was distressed to see the prisoners in such bad shape. Through her work special mental hospitals were built.
It was believed that solitary confinement would lead an inmate to reflect inward at the crime they committed and pray to God and thus reform their behavior. Of course this did not work in a great many cases, and the Inmate would go mad.
Dorothea Dix
Dorthea Dix advocated for prison reform in the 1800s. She wanted better facilities and treatment, also for asylums.
It is the Reform in how asylums gained there freedom. good luck on history day
Dorothea Dix
Dorthea Dix advocated for prison reform in the 1800s. She wanted better facilities and treatment, also for asylums.
Dorothea Dix