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  2. Dorothea Dix - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. American social reformer (1802–1887) This article is about the 19th-century activist. For the journalist, see Dorothy Dix. Dorothea Dix Born Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-04-04) April 4, 1802 Hampden, Maine, US Died July 17, 1887 (1887-07-17) (aged 85) Trenton, New Jersey, US Occupation ...

  3. National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The organization was established by Dorothea Dix on June 18, 1881 [3] as the "Ex-Nurse's Association of the District of Columbia." [3] It was a social organization, but also advocated for recognition and benefits for members. The society worked to aid members in seeking employment, to care for them during illness, and to promote the honor of ...

  4. History of nursing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Key decisions were made by Jane Delano, director of the Red Cross Nursing Service, Mary Adelaide Nutting, president of the American Federation of Nurses, and Annie Warburton Goodrich, dean of the Army School of Nursing. Delano proposed training aides to cover the shortage of nurses, but Nutting and Goodrich were strongly opposed, arguing that ...

  5. Bill for the Benefit of the Indigent Insane - Wikipedia

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    The bill was advocated by activist Dorothea Dix.. The Bill for the Benefit of the Indigent Insane (also called the Land-Grant Bill For Indigent Insane Persons, formally "An act making a grant of public lands to the several States for the benefit of indigent insane persons") was proposed legislation of the 33rd United States Congress that would have established psychiatric hospitals providing ...

  6. History of psychiatry - Wikipedia

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    The creation of this hospital, as of many others, was largely the work of Dorothea Lynde Dix, whose philanthropic efforts extended over many states, and in Europe as far as Constantinople. Many state hospitals in the United States were built in the 1850s and 1860s on the Kirkbride Plan, an architectural style meant to have curative effect. [39]

  7. Dorothy Dix - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (November 18, 1861 – December 16, 1951), widely known by the pen name Dorothy Dix, was an American journalist and columnist. As the forerunner of today's popular advice columnists , Dix was America's highest paid and most widely read female journalist at the time of her death.

  8. Dorothea L. Dix - Wikipedia

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    USS Dorothea L. Dix an American transport ship Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dorothea L. Dix .

  9. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Also in 2016, Quizlet launched "Quizlet Live", a real-time online matching game where teams compete to answer all 12 questions correctly without an incorrect answer along the way. [15] In 2017, Quizlet created a premium offering called "Quizlet Go" (later renamed "Quizlet Plus"), with additional features available for paid subscribers.