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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Dorothea Dix

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a portrait and brief biography of Dorothea Dix.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Dorothea Dix

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887 CE), most noted for her report to the Massachusetts legislature about the inhumane conditions under which the mentally ill are held in prisons. Her report led...