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Author:

Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922,.

Title:

Ten days in a mad-house / by Nellie Bly.

Publisher:

BLURB

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

101 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Bly, Nellie--1864-1922.
N.Y. City Lunatic Asylum.
Psychiatric hospitals--New York (State)--History--19th century.
Psychiatric hospital care--New York (State)--History--19th century.
Mentally ill--History--New York (State)--History--19th century.
Women--History--New York (State)--History--19th century.
Investigative reporting.
Women patients--New York (State)--History--19th century.

Summary:

In 1887, reporter Nellie Bly was admitted to the Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum to do undercover reporting on the conditions in insane asylums, as part of the assignment given to her by Joseph Pulitzer at the New York World newspaper. The resulting articles were published later that year in a book, Ten Days in a Mad-house, and helped lead to significant changes, ultimately including the closure of the asylum.

ISBN:

0368581365
9780368581366

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1117340129

Locations:

CLPC792 -- Brooklyn Public Library (Brooklyn)