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the writings and reform work of Dorothea Dix in Illinois
By Dorothea Lynde Dix
"Asylum, prison, and poorhouse" was published by Southern Illinois University Press in 1999 - Carbondale, Ill, it has 161 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Asylum, prison, and poorhouse” Metadata:
- Title: Asylum, prison, and poorhouse
- Author: Dorothea Lynde Dix
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 161
- Publisher: ➤ Southern Illinois University Press
- Publish Date: 1999
- Publish Location: Carbondale, Ill
“Asylum, prison, and poorhouse” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Asylums - Correctional institutions - Prisoners - Mentally ill - Social conditions - Travel - Care - Prisons - Psychiatric Hospitals - Commitment of Mentally Ill - Altruism - Social Welfare - History - Publishers and publishing - Hours Press - Imprints - Authors and publishers - Biography - Dix, dorothea lynde, 1802-1887 - Mentally ill, care - Illinois, social conditions
- People: Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887)
- Places: Illinois
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xi, 161 p. :
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL376638M - OL1958075W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 11734 - 39633695
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 98038579 - 69011517
- ISBN-10: 0809321637
- All ISBNs: 0809321637
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Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-87) was perhaps the most famous and admired woman in America for much of the nineteenth century. Beginning in the early 1840s, she launched a personal crusade to persuade the various states to provide humane care and effective treatment for the mentally ill by funding specialized hospitals for that purpose. The appalling conditions endured by most mentally ill inmates in prisons, jails, and poorhouses led her to take an active interest also in prison reform and in efforts to ameliorate poverty. In 1846-47 Dix brought her crusade to Illinois. She presented two lengthy memorials to the legislature, the first describing conditions at the state penitentiary at Alton and the second discussing the sufferings of the insane and urging the establishment of a state hospital for their care. She also wrote a series of newspaper articles detailing conditions in the jails and poorhouses of many Illinois communities. These long-forgotten documents, which appear in unabridged form in this book, contain a wealth of information on the living conditions of some of the most unfortunate inhabitants of Illinois.
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