Prison Reform (jan 8, 1841 – nov 29, 1848)
Description:
Dorothea Dix-the mentally unstable were kept with the hardened criminals, there was no heating, the place was stinking and the living conditions were horrible.
-she helped to establish 32 new mental hospitals across the U.S
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Date:
jan 8, 1841
nov 29, 1848
~ 7 years and 10 months