Stranger and traveler : the story of Dorothea Dix, American reformer
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Wilson, Dorothy Clarke,
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Little, Brown and Company, publisher.
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LC Subjects
Biographies.
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, -- 1802-1887.
Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Biographies.
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, -- 1802-1887 -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpdTG7ycKpHcTdVQbXKh3
Social reformers.
United States. -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Women social reformers.
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Biografie
Biographies.
Biography
Dix, Dorothea Lynde -- 1802-1887
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, -- 1802-1887.
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, -- 1802-1887.
Dix, Dorothea Lynde.
History of Nursing
Infirmières.
Mental Health -- history
Nurses
nurses.
Réformateurs sociaux -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Réformatrices sociales -- États-Unis -- Biographies.

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xxiii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-347) and index.
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""She is one of the most beautiful proofs of that which a woman, without any other aid than her own free will and character, without any other power than that of her purpose and its uprightness...can effect in society." So wrote a contemporary Swedish novelist of Dorothea Dix, one of America's first and foremost women achievers. In an era when "ladies" did not mix in politics she single-handedly paved the way for far-reaching reform in the treatment of the insane and the retarded..." -- Dust jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Wilson, D. C. (1975). Stranger and traveler: the story of Dorothea Dix, American reformer (First edition.). Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wilson, Dorothy Clarke. 1975. Stranger and Traveler: The Story of Dorothea Dix, American Reformer. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wilson, Dorothy Clarke. Stranger and Traveler: The Story of Dorothea Dix, American Reformer Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1975.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Wilson, D. C. (1975). Stranger and traveler: the story of dorothea dix, american reformer. First edn. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Wilson, Dorothy Clarke. Stranger and Traveler: The Story of Dorothea Dix, American Reformer First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 1975.

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