
Ten Days in a Mad-House
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Laural Merlington
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Nellie Bly
In 1887, Nellie Bly had herself committed to the notorious Blackwell's Island insane asylum in New York City with the goal of discovering what life was like for its patients. While there, she experienced firsthand the shocking abuse and neglect of its inmates, from inedible food to horrifyingly unsanitary conditions. Ten Days in a Mad-House is Bly's expose of the asylum.
Written for Joseph Pulitzer's New York World, Bly's account chronicles her 10 days at Blackwell's Island and, upon its publication, drew public attention to the abuse of the institutionalized and led to a grand jury investigation of the facility. Ten Days in a Mad-House established Bly as a pioneering female journalist and remains a classic of investigative reporting. This edition also includes two of Bly's shorter articles: "Trying to Be a Servant" and "Nellie Bly as a White Slave".
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Also includes 2 shorter pieces in which she investigates employment agencies for young women, and works at a paper box factory.
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loved the book and this
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A Piece of History Everyone Should Know
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A true hero
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If you have ancestors who were in an insane asylum, do not ever be ashamed. They may have been wrongly committed or been kept for far too long because there was no real treatment. There life during their stay was probably a living hell.
There are two shorter stories, but they don't have the emotional impact that her account of the asylum has. The narrator is really great and enhances the story.
We have a long way to go in this society in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. Things would be much worse without Nellie Bly.
What a Brave Woman Nellie Bly Was!
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amazing
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What astonishing risk
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