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Ten Days in a Mad-House: A Story of the Intrepid Reporter

Ten Days in a Mad-House: A Story of the Intrepid Reporter

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Medical ReferenceRegional: Middle Atlantic

Publisher Price: $7.95

ISBN10: 0486835448
ISBN13: 9780486835440
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: Sep 18 2019
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.10
Height: 0.30 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
At the age of 23, pioneering reporter Nellie Bly faked dementia in order to expose abuses of patients in Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum in New York City. Such investigative journalism was unusual in 1887 -- almost as rare as women reporters. Bly's subsequent articles created a sensation, exposing the rampant psychological and physical mistreatment of inmates, many of whom were not mentally ill but simply recent immigrants and other impoverished individuals without social support. Her accounts led directly to significant increases in funding and improvements in asylum management.

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