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Ten Days in a Madhouse
Scritto da Nellie Bly
Narrato da Alys AtteWater e LibriVox Community
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In 1887 Nellie Bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an investigative journalist and “stunt” reporter, had herself committed to the Blackwell’s Island Insane Asylum in New York. Her purpose was to discover what life was like for those who had been deemed insane. She was surprised to discover the depth of mistreatement of the patients. Partially as a result of her reporting, more money was allocated to the asylum and reforms were put into place.
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Ten Days in a Madhouse
Scritto da Nellie Bly
Narrato da Alys AtteWater e LibriVox Community
Descrizione
In 1887 Nellie Bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an investigative journalist and “stunt” reporter, had herself committed to the Blackwell’s Island Insane Asylum in New York. Her purpose was to discover what life was like for those who had been deemed insane. She was surprised to discover the depth of mistreatement of the patients. Partially as a result of her reporting, more money was allocated to the asylum and reforms were put into place.
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This was a very interesting book about original psyc wards!
Great book! A classic piece about treatment of the past
Riveting! The narrator does an excellent job of reading this account of a very brave young woman. So sad to hear of the conditions of mental institutions of the late 19 th century-yet it is full of hope at the end.
History, but somehow seemed so contemporary. Perhaps someone should go undercover in an immigration detention center the way Nellie Bly did in a lunatic asylum.
My daughter chose Nellie Bly as her subject for her 8th grade National History Day project. She told me all about her and about her book. Her project turned out amazing and I decided to read the book. I was not disappointed. I found the person reading it frequently went a little too quickly but otherwise it was a great story. Very happy and definitely worth the time.
an excellent look into the abhorrent treatment of women in asylums at the turn of the century.
I liked the book a lot actually. Just hated how they made you listen to the recording of liver audio or whatever it was. You pay $9 a month and during these black cover books they sound monotone and have those ads.