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01705aam a2200349 4500 001 70959BE6DE1F11EB9DC81CE61FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210706010017 008 190904s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 0368581365 020 $a 9780368581366 035 $a (OCoLC)1117340129 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Bly, Nellie, $d 1864-1922,. 245 1 $a Ten days in a mad-house / $c by Nellie Bly. 246 3 $a 10 days in a mad-house. 246 3 $a Ten days in a madhouse. 264 1 $a [San Francisco, Calif] : $b [BLURB], $c [2019] 300 $a 101 pages ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a 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. 541 $d 20210318. 600 1 $a Bly, Nellie $d 1864-1922. 610 2 $a N.Y. City Lunatic Asylum. 650 1 $a Psychiatric hospitals $z New York (State) $x History $y 19th century. 650 4 $a Psychiatric hospital care $z New York (State) $x History $y 19th century. 650 $a Mentally ill $x History $z New York (State) $x History $y 19th century. 650 $a Women $x History $z New York (State) $x History $y 19th century. 650 7 $a Investigative reporting. 650 $a Women patients $z New York (State) $x History $y 19th century. 941 $a 1 952 $l CLPC792 $d 20210706010104.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=70959BE6DE1F11EB9DC81CE61FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search