1841 Prison Reform (feb 1, 1841 – jan 1, 1847)
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The way she found out was because she asked to teach Sunday school in a local prison.She is responsible for removing the mentally ill from prison and put them into new mental hospitals.
-Dorothea Dix
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feb 1, 1841
jan 1, 1847
~ 5 years and 11 months