Ten Days in a Mad-House;Feigning Insanity in Order to Reveal Asylum Horrors
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**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:
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A Delicate Mission
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Pronounced Insane
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Inside the Mad-House
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Promenading with Lunatics
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Incidents of Asylum Life
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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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