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Dorothea Dix

Mercer County · dedicated 1939 · Marker is on Sullivan Way 0.2 miles north of New Jersey Route 29, on the right when traveling north. <font color=red> Reported 1964 (replaced

Pioneered to establish this first mental hospital in New Jersey in 1848. She was later Chief Nurse in the Union Army.

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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