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jun 29, 1843 - Dorothea Dix Petitions for Mentally Ill

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Dix successfully lobbied state governments to build and pay for mental asylums, and her efforts led to a bill enlarging the state mental institution in Worcester. She then moved to Rhode Island and later to New York to continue her work on prison and mental health reform.

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jun 29, 1843
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~ 182 years ago