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Ten Days in a Mad-House

Feigning Insanity in Order to Reveal Asylum Horrors

Nellie Bly

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Beschreibung

Pioneering journalist Nellie Bly went undercover in the late 1800s to shed light on the horrific conditions of Victorian mental asylums. This is the eye-opening account of her experience.

Nellie Bly feigned insanity to be admitted to a mental institution with the intent of exposing its awful conditions first-hand. Her account reveals the institution’s inhumane treatment, abuse of power, and unsanitary environment, demonstrating the unnerving ease with which a sane woman is admitted to the hospital and the struggle she faces to escape. The publication of Ten Days in a Mad-House led to an entirely new journalistic approach and launched the stunt girl reporting era.

The chapters in this compelling volume include:

  • A Delicate Mission
  • Pronounced Insane
  • Inside the Mad-House
  • Promenading with Lunatics
  • Incidents of Asylum Life
  • The Grand Jury Investigation

Breathing new life into this fantastic journalistic expose, Ten Days in a Mad-House has been republished by Read & Co. Books featuring an author biography by Frances E. Willard and Mary A. Livermore.

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asylum real stories in, investigative journalist, feminism famous women, classic feminist must mad, true daredevil diary 10, mentally ill mistreated, gonzo journalism history