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| + | 1. Both Dix and Bly highlight that there are persons without mental illness being confined, what, if any, do the records say of these cases particularly those of immigrant women who could not communicate or understand their circumstance? | ||
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| + | 2. It would not be another forty years before women were given the right to vote, did a figure such as Dix gain political leverage for her plight and did this threaten her own chance of being placed in an asylum as a woman who did not follow the status quo. | ||
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| + | - Janis Shurtleff | ||
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| 1. Nellie Bly paints a horrific picture of the degradation women suffered on Blackwell’s Island. Superintendent Dent states that it was in part due to lacking funds (197). How much do you believe this to be true? | 1. Nellie Bly paints a horrific picture of the degradation women suffered on Blackwell’s Island. Superintendent Dent states that it was in part due to lacking funds (197). How much do you believe this to be true? | ||
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| 1. After learning about the different methods used for curing patients and the positive impacts of moral treatment in our past readings, this week's readings shows that quite the opposite was happening in the asylums. Was the mistreatment of patients and horrific living conditions the norm in these institutions? | 1. After learning about the different methods used for curing patients and the positive impacts of moral treatment in our past readings, this week's readings shows that quite the opposite was happening in the asylums. Was the mistreatment of patients and horrific living conditions the norm in these institutions? | ||
| - | 2. How successful was Dix at gaining the buy-in from the states to reform their metal hospitals? | + | 2. How successful was Dix at gaining the buy-in from the states to reform their mental |
| Submitted by Allison Love (I pledge...) | Submitted by Allison Love (I pledge...) | ||
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| + | 1) Did Dorothea Dix need to appeal the emotion of her audience in her appeal to pass legislation because she was a woman? | ||
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| + | 2) Did Nellie Bly need to be admitted into Blackwell’s Island in order to get a full understanding of the treatment of patients or could she have explored it from the outside? Dorothea Dix did not need to participate in “detective” reporting to gain and understanding of the treatment of patients, so why did Nellie? | ||
| + | Submitted by Mallory Karnei (I pledge...) | ||
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