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)
[ Syn: dix , dorothea dix , dorothea lynde 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)
[ Syn: dix , dorothea dix , dorothea lynde dix ]