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Dorothea Dix started a hospital for the mentally ill. She visited hundreds of jails and even taught Sunday School at a jail. She also saw that Children were given the same punishments of adults and stopped that.

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Dorothea Dix was an activist for the treatment for mentally ill patients. She help with getting 30 mentally ill hospitals started.

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Dorothea Dix helped the mentally ill in the 1800s and traveled across the US on behalf of the mentally ill.

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