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In 1841 who brought attention to the insane, and advocated for humane hospitals and state-supported care? In their address to the Massachusetts legislature they said "confined in this Commonwealth in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens! Chained, beaten with rods, lashed into obedience." They gathered evidence of the appalling abuse by touring prisons, workhouses, almshouses, and private homes. -Dorothea Dix -Dr. John Galt -Horace Mann -Harriet Wilson

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People who had mental illnesses is the correct answer

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The person being describe as having brought attention to inhumane treatment was Dorothea Dix.

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Dorothea Lynde Dix, born in 1802, was an American advocate on behalf of the indigent mentally ill. In 1841, she brought attention to the fact that prisons, workhouses, almshouses, and private homes were responsible for abusing their patients. Thanks to her courage and work, she helped create the first generation of mental asylums in America. Dix even traveled to Europe, where she spoke to Queen Victoria and the Pope, pleading for human rights. During the Civil War, Dix served as a Superintendent of Army Nurses.