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Sunday School At A Women's Prison By Dorothea Dix
In 1841, Dorothea Dix taught Sunday School at a women’s prison, and noticed the horrible conditions they were living in. She went around to other prisons, observing their living conditions, before making a document and presenting it to the Massachusetts legislature. This made the prison budgets larger, but Dorothea continued going around the states and establishing mental asylums. She even traveled to Europe, and met with Pope Pius IX, and convinced him to construct a new hospital for the mentally ill.
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