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Title
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Dorothea Dix, Hospital
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Biographical Text
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450-bed psychiatric hospital serving the New Jersey population.
This hospital was founded by Dix in the 1840s. Dix often referred to this hospital as her “firstborn child.” When Dix retired at the age of 80, she lived in a private apartment at the hospital that had been reserved for her until her death in 1887.
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Text
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[Blue marker]
DOROTHEA DIX
PIONEERED TO ESTABLISH
THIS FIRST MENTAL
HOSPITAL IN NEW JERSEY
IN 1848, SHE WAS
LATER CHIEF NURSE IN
THE UNION ARMY.
[Main signage]
TRENTON
PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
FOUNDED 1848
GOVERNOR JIM FLORIO
COMM. ALAN J. GIBBS
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Date Created
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1848-05-15
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Type
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English
Building
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Project Researcher
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Bysterbusch, Hailey
