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Cards in this guide (13)
Whom was dix speaking on behalf of 

People who had mental illnesses 

What emotion is dix trying to convey in her report 

Anger!!!

Describe the conditions that mentally ill patients indured 

They were chained up, naked, beaten with rods, and whooped into obedience 

What did women need to rejoin society 

Care for her needs and something to do! 

Why did she not receive the care she needed 

There was no time to help her 

What do the different towns name indicate 

Each indicates a different example of abuse in Dix’s journal 

What difficulty did the people in Dix’s example have in common that affected how they were treated 

Poverty 

Dix implies that curable patients need more- 

Money and staff, as well as help from those in charge 

What “evil’s” are the people confined in asylums and prisons protesting 

Mistreatment 

What kind of details and evidence does dix use to support her argument 

Her own observations and the observations of others 

What do you think dix could have used to make her argument even stronger 

Any or all of them 

Dix speaks of “this sacred cause” which was the cause of helping 

People with mental illness 

What was Dix’s main purpose in creating this report 

To ask the legislature to require better treatment for people with mental illnesses 

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