Dorothea Dix joined the movement for social reform based on personal experience. She went to the Massachusetts house of correction and was astonished by the fact that jails held mentally ill people. In 1843 she sent a report of her findings to the Massachusetts legislature who then passed a law aimed at improving conditions. And between 1845-1852 Dix persuaded nine southern states to set up public hospitals for the mentally ill.

Major Leaders in Asylum & Prison Reforms