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Ten days in a mad-house

by Nellie Bly, Nellie Bly, BookCaps

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In the 1800s, journalist Nellie Bly pretended to be mentally ill and spent 10 days in an insane asylum in order to report on conditions and abuses there.

Mentally illCommitment and detentionNew York (N.Y.). Lunatic Asylum, Blackwell's IslandPsychiatric hospitalsNew York (N.Y.).HospitalsBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHYEditors, Journalists, PublishersPOLITICAL SCIENCEPublic PolicySocial SecuritySocial Services & Welfare