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Then respond to this discussion with the following:
1. The person’s name. Dorathea Dix
2. Why he/she is famous.
She was a strong and determined woman in her time
She fought to bring justice for the sick and suffering. She told the public to take responsibility and provided services for mental ill patients. In that time, people used put the mentally ill in cages, closets, and chins to protect them from public place. Mrs. Dix travel from one stat to another by train, stagecoach lumber wagon, and foot over muddy roads and across rivers to convince both house representative and the senators to provide treatment for mentally ill patients.
3. One interesting fact that you learned about this person from researching.
She thought me to

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