Dorothea Lynde Dix: "Memorial Soliciting a State Hospital for the Protection and Cure of the Insane"
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This resource, from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is part of their Documenting the American South (DocSouth) collections. These seven thematic collections contain digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture. This page features information about Dorothea Lynde Dix' "Memorial Soliciting a State Hospital for the Protection and Cure of the Insane." In this text, Dix argues for the establishment of a state hospital for "the insane." There are links to the text and illustrations from this work, as well as related DocSouth resources. Less
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Grade: 9 to 12
Topics: United States History, Health Education, Literary Analysis, Mental, Emotional, and Social Health, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Health & Physical Education, Reading Comprehension
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