What were two goals of dorothea dix’s movement to the mentally ill? the mentally ill live within society developing humane treatment for the mentally ill establishing hospitals for the mentally ill converting jails into institutions for the mentally ill

The correct answer is B) developing humane treatment of the mentally ill and C) establishing hospitals for the mentally ill.

The two goals of Dorothea Dix's movement to help the mentally ill were developing humane treatment of the mentally ill and establishing hospitals for the mentally ill.

Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) was an educator that dedicated part of her life to helping the mentally. She had social reformers ideas and work for more humane treatment for the mentally ill. She contributed to the reforms of the 1800s by protesting outside prisons until Congress changed the prisons and state asylums. She saw wit horror how those people were treated at hospitals in Massachusetts and started to talk to US legislators to built hospitals that could attend mentally ill people.

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