Dorothea Dix

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)
Syn: ↑Dix, ↑Dorothea Lynde Dix
Instance Hypernyms: ↑reformer, ↑reformist, ↑crusader, ↑social reformer, ↑meliorist

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  • Dorothea Lynde Dix — Dorothea Dix Dorothea Lynde Dix (* 4. April 1802 in Hampden, Maine; † 18. Juli 1887 in Trenton) war eine US amerikanische Wohltäterin und Reformerin. Sie reformierte das Sanitätswesen der USA und später in Europa. Sie erreichte, dass Hospitäler… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Dix, Dorothea Lynde — ▪ American social reformer born April 4, 1802, Hampden, District of Maine, Mass. [now in Maine], U.S. died July 17, 1887, Trenton, N.J.  American educator, social reformer, and humanitarian whose devotion to the welfare of the mentally ill led to …   Universalium

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