Which of the Following Statements About Dorothea Dix Is True

question 53

Multiple Choice

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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