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  1. ushistory.org

    Learn about the 19th century movement to improve conditions for prisoners and the mentally ill in America. See photos of Eastern State Penitentiary, Dorothea Dix, and other reformers and institutions.
    • An Explosion of New Thought

      Thus, a uniquely American tradition in literature, art, thought, and social reform emerged. Prisons like Eastern State Penitentiary were intended to help criminals reform their ways rather than just to punish them. Religion was renewed through a Second Great Awakening. Evangelists on a "divine mission" believed that churches were the proper ...

  2. digital.library.cornell.edu

    Nevertheless, several documents at the end of this collection reveal the intimate connections between the prison reform and slave abolitionist movements as well as those working on behalf of veterans, the poor, or the mentally ill. For example, novel institutions like the asylum and almshouse were developing in tandem with the penitentiary.
  3. 19thcentury.us

    The Trailblazers of Prison Reform: Progressive Advocates in the 19th Century. The 19th century was a time of immense change and progress in many areas, including prison reform. During this period, numerous progressive advocates emerged as trailblazers in the fight for a more humane and rehabilitative approach to incarceration.
  4. ushistoryscene.com

    It was an area ripe for the reform impulse of the era, and a multitude of people—many of them female—contributed to the advances seen in that realm. Like other causes of that period (such as abolitionism), the rights of the mentally ill became inextricably intertwined with the rights of women. Dorothea Dix and the Origins of the Asylum in ...
  5. encyclopedia.com

    The asylum movement was part of a broader reform climate that addressed social problems such as crime, poverty, and alcohol abuse. It began in England when a Quaker named William Tuke established an asylum called the York Retreat and developed a method called " moral treatment " for managing the mentally ill.
  6. 19th Century Prison Reform Collection. Search within collection. Show Search Filters . Refine Results This is the search filters section. Skip to search results section. CONTENT TYPE. Primary source content: Images (449) Date. Enter date as YYYY, YYYY/MM, or YYYY/MM/DD. Access Type ...
  7. the19thcenturyasylummovement.weebly.com

    The asylum movement was a national reform movement that began in the 1840s in an effort to change the way that people approached the mentally ill and improved the way that the mentally ill were treated. Its purpose was to emphasize treatment and rehabilitation. Prior to this movement, the mentally ill were viewed as a result of sin or of ...
  8. exploros.com

    In addition to problems in asylums, prisons were overflowing with people for every offense from murder to spitting on the street. Men, women and children were thrown together in these prisons. After the 1812 War, reformers from Boston and New York began a crusade to remove children from jails to Juvenile Detention Centers.
  9. guides.loc.gov

    Dec 4, 2024Asylum employees are accused of abuse in New York City. 1900: Baby is committed to an asylum for showing "murderous tendencies." 1906: Woman and daughter are kept in an asylum even though they were sane. 1908: Infectious diseases such as tuberculosis are reported as threats to the well-being of those interned at the asylum. 1920
  10. digital.library.cornell.edu

    Cornell University Library Digital Collections

    https://digital.library.cornell.edu › catalog › ss:22360914

    19th Century Prison Reform Collection Date: 1843-12-16 ID Number: RMM01157_B01_F07_007 ... Enos T Throop had a heavy hand in the 19th Century prison reform movement. In March of 1830 he spoke to the Assembly and Senate about the cramped conditions of New York penitentiaries. ... the "'New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica" was eventually ...
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