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Dorothea Lynde Dix

DEFINITIONS OF: Dorothea Lynde Dix

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n 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 Dix
Example of:
crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer
a disputant who advocates reform
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