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Nellie Bly: The Undercover Journalist Who Exposed an Insane Asylum
In 1887, Nellie Bly had herself committed to the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island to investigate reports of abuse. For ten days she endured neglect, mistreatment, and confinement to expose institutional failures from the inside. Her reporting, later published as Ten Days in a Mad-House, sparked public outrage, prompted reform, and helped define modern investigative journalism.
Mar 173 min read
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