noun
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 Lynde Dix
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑reformer, ↑reformist, ↑crusader, ↑social reformer, ↑meliorist
Useful english dictionary. 2012.