About Wilma Scott Heide
Wilma Louise Scott Heide was an American author, nurse, and social activist. Born in Ferndale, Pennsylvania, Heide trained as a registered nurse in psychiatry at Brooklyn State Hospital. She began her career at a mental hospital in Torrance, Pennsylvania, where she imposed changes to rectify the persistent mistreatment of staff and patients. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees in sociology from the University of Pittsburgh and was involved in a number of activist groups in the city.
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