The life of Dorothea Dix
By: Elizabeth Schleichert ; illustrated by Antonio Castro.
Contributors: Castro, Antonio, 1941- ill.
Series: Pioneers in health and medicine
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books; Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Frederick, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 -- Juvenile literature; Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887; Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Mentally ill -- Care -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature; Reformers; Women -- Biography; Mentally ill -- Care -- History
Other titles: Dorothea Dix
Description: A biography of the nineteenth-century reformer who devoted much of her life to improving the treatment of the mentally ill in the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 79) and index.