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Which of the Following Statements About Dorothea Dix Is True

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Which of the following statements about Dorothea Dix is true?


A) She was a European who experienced maltreatment first hand, and immigrated to America to escape the public's insensitivity toward the mentally ill.
B) America rejected her efforts to improve conditions for the mentally ill, and her life was threatened several times.
C) She found the treatment of the mentally ill in America dehumanizing and set out on a quest to improve their condition by lobbying in different states to get laws passed.
D) Although several new hospitals for the insane were established in America during the mid to late 1800s, she could not get them to adopt the humanitarian treatment she advocated.

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