Voice for the Mad: The Life of Dorothea Dix

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UPC:
9780029123997
Maximum Purchase:
3 units
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
1995-06-01
Author:
David L. Gollaher
Language:
english
Edition:
1st Edition
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Describing in horrifying detail the conditions she witnessed in jails, prisons, and asylums, a biography of Dorothea Dix documents her crusade to help the impoverished mentally ill by lobbying legislatures and soliciting funds that ultimately created thirty state asylums.