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Meet Dorothea Dix, the Mother of Health Care Reform

UNLIKELY REFORMER

An unlikely reformer who ignited the century-long battle to improve the state of American health.

Gil Troy

Published Apr. 2 2017 12:15AM EDT

articles/2017/04/02/meet-dorothea-dix-the-mother-of-health-care-reform/170402-troy-dorothea-dix-tease_sjqhr8 — Library of Congress

Gil Troy

Gil Troy

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