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Handout
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Dorothea Dix 1802 1887

For Students 3rd - 8th
Best know for her work with the mentally ill. Dorthea Dix also was very involved in the work of prison reform. Here, you can read her fascinating life story.
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Handout
Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: Dorothea Dix

For Students 9th - 10th
This page gives a brief biography of Dorothea Dix, nurse and social reformer, who was placed in charge of all the Union nurses in the Civil War. From the "Encyclopedia of the Civil War" by Suzanne LeVert.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: American Moral Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Dorothea Lynde Dix's American Moral Tales has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.