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Dorothea 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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She visited an asylum and saw how mentally disabled people were being beaten and starved.

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Q: What prompted Dorothea Dix to try and reform prisons and asylums?
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