Dix

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Dix is the surname of Dorothea Dix, the 19th-century American social reformer known for her pioneering work in mental health care and prison reform.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
mental health reformer
prison reformer
social reformer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1802-04-04
dateOfDeath 1887-07-17
employer Union Army
familyName Dix
fieldOfWork mental health care
prison reform
social welfare
givenName Dorothea
movement 19th-century social reform movement
mental hygiene movement
notableFor advocacy for humane treatment of people with mental illness
campaigns for prison reform
establishment and expansion of state mental hospitals
reform of mental asylums in the United States
notableWork Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts (1843)
occupation educator
nurse
social reformer
participantIn American Civil War
placeOfBirth Hampden, Maine NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Trenton, New Jersey
positionHeld Superintendent of Army Nurses for the Union Army
religion Protestantism
residence Boston, Massachusetts
Trenton, New Jersey
sexOrGender female
workedOn improvement of conditions in jails and almshouses
legislative campaigns for state-supported asylums

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Dix
Otto Dix
familyName

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