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| dorothea dix definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | rights activist on behalf of mentally ill patients - created first wave of us mental asylums | 15 sets | |
| 2 | activist who helped improve conditions of mental patients | 10 sets | |
| 3 | quietly determined reformer who substantially improved conditions for the mentally ill | 6 sets | |
| 4 | reformer who was a pioneer in the movement for better treatment of the mentally ill | 5 sets | |
| 5 | reformer who worked for improved treatment of the metally ill | 4 sets | |
| 6 | superintendent of nurses for union army | 4 sets | |
| 7 | along with clara barton, helped to get women to work in military hospitals during the civil war. | 3 sets | |
| 8 | a reformer and pioneer in the movement to treat the insane as mentally ill, beginning in the 1820's, she was responsible for improving conditions in jails, poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the u.s. and canada. she succeeded in persuading many states to assume responsibility for the care of the mentally ill. she served as the superintendant of nurses for the union army during the civil war. | 3 sets | |
| 9 | reformer who helped improve conditions of mental patients | 3 sets | |
| 10 | this reformer organized large numbers of women to serve as military nurses | 2 sets | |
| 11 | american activist who created a string of mental institutes. | 2 sets | |
| 12 | helped to get women to work in military hospitals during the civil war | 2 sets | |
| 13 | created first mental asylums | 2 sets | |
| 14 | helped the disabled and worked for prison reform. set up hospitals for the mentally ill. separated prisoners and ended debtor prisons | 2 sets | |
| 15 | an american activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the united states congress, created the first generation of american mental asylums. during the civil war, she served as superintendent of army nurses. | 2 sets | |
| 16 | supported the humanitarianism reform movement; massachusetts schoolteacher and nurse; advocated for state funded hospitals for the mentally ill | 2 sets | |
| 17 | schoolteacher who made it her life's work to educate the public about the poor conditions for both the mentally ill and for prisoners | 2 sets | |
| 18 | (aj) , activist who helped improve conditions of mental patients | 2 sets | |
| 19 | new england teacher and author; spoke against inhumane treatment of insane prisoners | 2 sets | |
| 20 | a new england teacher and author who spoke against the inhumane treatment of insane prisoners, ca. 1830's. people who suffered from insanity were treated worse than normal criminals. dorothea dix traveled over 60,000 miles in 8 years gathering information for her reports, reports that brought about changes in treatment, and also the concept that insanity was a disease of the mind, not a willfully perverse act by an individual. | 2 sets | |
| 21 | 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 | 2 sets | |
| 22 | was an american activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the united states congress, created the first generation of american mental asylums | 2 sets | |
| 23 | reformer who worked with mentally ill | 2 sets | |
| 24 | reformer who worked for improved treatment of the mentally ill | 2 sets | |
| 25 | advocate for prison reform and humane treatment for the mentally ill | 2 sets | |
| 26 | concerned about the rights of prisoners and the conditions of mental institutions. | 1 set | |
| 27 | wanted improve the conditions in prisons and mental institutions | 1 set | |
| 28 | wanted to improve the conditions in prisions and metal institutions | 1 set | |
| 29 | advocate for better treatment of the mentally ill who began national campaign to establish asylums. | 1 set | |
| 30 | mental institutions | 1 set | |
| 31 | along with clara barton, she helped get women to work in military hospitals during the civil war. | 1 set | |
| 32 | she made prisons a better place and made the government build mental hospitals. improved criminal justice system | 1 set | |
| 33 | along with clara barton helped get women to work in military hospitals | 1 set | |
| 34 | helped improve care of the mentally ill | 1 set | |
| 35 | union nurse who reformed prisons and mental hospitals | 1 set | |
| 36 | emphasized the need to offer mentally ill rehailitiation | 1 set | |
| 37 | a reformer who worked to improve living conditions of the mentally ill | 1 set | |
| 38 | famous for her work reforming prisons and mental hospitals. | 1 set | |
| 39 | women activist, created mental asylums | 1 set | |
| 40 | a middle-class reformer who helped change the prison system | 1 set | |