4. Less Expensive. Possibly my favorite benefit of eating a clean, vegan diet is that itâs less expensive than buying processed vegan foods. You can buy a whole pound of sweet potatoes and lentils for less than what you can buy a bag of frozen sweet potato fries or a box of veggie burgers.
In 1881, Dix moved into the New Jersey State Hospital, Morris Plains. The state legislature had designated a suite for her private use as long as she lived. Although an invalid, she carried on correspondence with people from England, Japan, and elsewhere. Dix died on July 17, 1887.
Dix didnât stop there: she toured Europe and Asia in the 1850s, influencing Italy and other countries to build new hospitals and improve their treatment of the insane. Among her triumphs was the opening of the first state hospital for the mentally ill, the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum, in Trenton in 1848. She spent her last years in a special apartment there, where she died in 1887.