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1 online resource (128 pages) : illustrations |
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Oxford Portraits Ser |
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Oxford Portraits Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- CONTENTS -- 1 A GIRL BEGINS HER LONELY JOURNEY -- 2 "THE WORLD IS MY HOME" -- Mother Explains a Factory -- 3 A TEACHER AND AN AUTHOR -- Student Letters -- "I Am Now Obliged to Refuse You the Desired Gratification" -- 4 BEGINNING THE GREAT WORK -- Moral Treatment -- 5 "I SHALL BE OBLIGED TO SPEAK WITH GREAT PLAINNESS" -- "I Tell What I Have Seen!" -- Astonishing Tenacity of Life -- 6 MORAL TREATMENT FOR PRISONERS -- "I Would Not Have the Officers Become Preachers" -- 7 A VETO AT HOME, A WELCOME IN EUROPE -- 8 A MODEL OF CHARITY FOR THE SOUTH -- 9 THE AMERICAN FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE -- War Work -- 10 MORE TRAVEL, MORE BATTLES -- AFTERWORD -- CHRONOLOGY -- FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z |
| Summary |
Examines Dorothea Dix's tireless research and personal lobbying of legislators led to construction of asylums for the mentally ill in state after state |
| Audience |
Young Adult Audience Oxford University Press, Incorporated |
| Subject |
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887.
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Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 |
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Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography
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Historical.
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Biography & Autobiography.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION.
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Political.
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Women social reformers
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2003017874 |
| ISBN |
9780195129212 |
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0195129210 |
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