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dorothea dix

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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)

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Dix Dorothea Dix Dorothea Lynde Dix

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dorothea dix dorothy dix

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