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Dorothea Lynde Dix
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Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802 July 17, 1887) was an American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first generation of American mental asylums. During the Civil War, she served as Superintendent of Army Nurses.
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