Asylum, prison, and poorhouse
Dorothea Lynde Dix
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Asylum, prison, and poorhouse
Published
1999
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Pages
161
ISBN-10
0809321637
Description
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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This edition of Asylum, prison, and poorhouse has approximately 161 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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Asylum, prison, and poorhouse was written by Dorothea Lynde Dix.
When was Asylum, prison, and poorhouse published?
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