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Dorothea Dix

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). Synonyms: Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix.

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"Dorothea Dix" Quotes from Famous Books

... true, how falsely has the admiration of mankind been given! If the most obscure woman is best, the most conspicuous must undoubtedly be worst. Tried by this standard, how unworthy must have been Elizabeth Barrett Browning, how reprehensible must be Dorothea Dix, what a model of all that is discreditable is Rosa Bonheur, what a crowning instance of human depravity is Florence Nightingale! Yet how consoling the thought, that, while these disreputable persons were thus wasting their substance ...

— Women and the Alphabet • Thomas Wentworth Higginson

... B. ANTHONY whose earnestness of purpose, honesty of intention, unintermitted industry, indefatigable perseverance, and extraordinary business-talent, are surpassed only by the virtues which have illustrated her life, devoted, like that of Dorothea Dix, ...

— The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) • Ida Husted Harper

Words linked to "Dorothea Dix" : reformist, reformer, crusader, social reformer, Dorothea Lynde Dix, meliorist