A 19th century school teacher worked to expose the conditions of patients with mental problems. Because of this person, mental hospitals that had standards of care were constructed. Who was this person?
A) Benjamin Rush
B) Linda Richards
C) Harriet Bailey
D) Dorothea Dix
D
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