Ten Days in a Mad-House
- Author Nellie Bly
- Narrator Rebecca Gibel
- Publisher Dreamscape Media
- Run Time 3 hours and 25 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Mental health, Educational: Media studies.
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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, Bly 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. This series of articles established Bly as a pioneering female journalist and remains a classic of investigative reporting.
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