**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 condi...

**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.