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jan 1, 1841 - Prison Reform

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Dorothea Dix: She discovered that the mentally ill were in the same cells as robbers and murderers. She brought better living conditions to the prisonsers. She is also responsible for removing the mentally ill people from prison and putting them into new mental hospitals

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jan 1, 1841
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~ 185 years ago

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