Search Result for "dorothea lynde dix":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887);
[syn: Dix, Dorothea Dix, Dorothea Lynde Dix]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Dorothea Lynde Dix
    n 1: United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform
         of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill;
         superintended women army nurses during the American Civil
         War (1802-1887) [syn: Dix, Dorothea Dix, Dorothea
         Lynde Dix]