DOROTHEA DIX

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887)

Synonyms:

Dix; Dorothea Dix; Dorothea Lynde Dix

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)

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