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Dix
(redirected from Dorothea Lynde)

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Dix  (dks), Dorothea Lynde 1802-1887.
American philanthropist, reformer, and educator who was a pioneer in the movement for specialized treatment of the mentally ill.
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Noun1.Dix - 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)


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COLUMN: LIFE & TIMES: An occasional series on Central Massachusetts people with enduring fame Vital statistics Dorothea Lynde Dix was born April 4, 1802, in Hampden, Maine; she died July 17, 1887, and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge.
 
 
 
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