The Boston Schoolteacher Most Responsible for the Establishment of Mental

question 259

Multiple Choice

The Boston schoolteacher most responsible for the establishment of mental hospitals in the 19th century United States is ______.

• A) Mary Dexter
• B) Dorothea Dix
• C) Laura Constance Wilson
• D) Martha Custis

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