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gender, class, ethnicity. PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. Ten DaysIn aMad-House.BY NELLIE BLY.NEW YORK:NORMAN L. MUNRO, PUBLISHER,24 AND 26 VANDEWATER STREET. TEN DAYS IN A MAD-HOUSE;OR,Nellie Bly's Experience on Blackwell's Island. FEIGNING INSANITY IN ORDER TO REVEAL ASYLUM HORRORS.
Nov 12, 2020 · Famous Authors & Writers. Inside Nellie Bly’s 10 Days in a Madhouse. In 1887, 23-year-old reporter Nellie Bly had herself committed to a New York City asylum to expose the...
Ten Days in a Mad-House is a book by American journalist Nellie Bly. It was initially published as a series of articles for the New York World. Bly later compiled the articles into a book, being published by Norman Munro in New York City in 1887.
May 5, 2014 · Ten Days in a Mad-House is well worth reading in its entirety, despite the excruciating discomfort — not only for Bly’s beautiful prose and sharp-witted observations, but also for the timeless reminder of how little it takes for power structures to mutate into abuse of marginalized groups and how crucial it is for us, as a society and as ...
Ten days in a mad-house. by. Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922. Publication date. 2015. Topics. New York (N.Y.). Lunatic Asylum, Blackwell's Island, Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Editors, Journalists, Publishers, POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security, POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social ...
May 2, 2011 · By Bill DeMain | May 2, 2011. Read More. In 1887, intrepid reporter Nellie Bly pretended she was crazy and got herself committed, all to help improve conditions in a New York City mental...
Apr 4, 2007 · Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922: Title: Ten Days in a Mad-house Alternate Title: 10 Days in a Mad-house Language: English: LoC Class: RC: Medicine: Internal medicine: Subject: N.Y. City Lunatic Asylum Subject: Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922 Subject: Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century Subject
