· Ten Days in a Mad-House is Bly's expose of the asylum. Written for Joseph Pulitzer's New York World, Bly's account chronicles her 10 days at Blackwell's Island and, upon its publicat In , Nellie Bly had herself committed to the notorious Blackwell's Island insane asylum in New York City with the goal of discovering what life was like for its patients/5. Ten Days in a Mad-House (), a collection of articles originally published in Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World, helped to change official mental health policies and pioneered a new form of investigative journalism. Bly also wrote a book about her record-breaking seventy-two-day journey around the world/5(). · Ten Days in A Mad-House, Was Written By Nellie Bly in , after she lived, undercover, at a women's insane asylum at Blackwell's Island in for ten days. This was an assignment given to her by Joseph Pulitzer. The living conditions and treatment of the Patients were Horrible.
Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story: Directed by Karen Moncrieff. With Christina Ricci, Judith Light, Josh Bowman, Anja Savcic. A young journalist looks behind the curtain of a nearby mental hospital, only to uncover the grim and gruesome acts they bestow upon their "patients". Journalist Nellie Bly - Ten Days in a Mad-House - Chapter 5 - Pronounced Insane CHAPTER V. PRONOUNCED INSANE. "HERE is a poor girl who has been drugged," explained the judge. "She looks like my sister, and any one can see she is a good girl. I am interested in the child, and I would do as much for her as if she were my own. 10 Days in a Madhouse: Directed by Timothy Hines. With Caroline Barry, Christopher Lambert, Kelly LeBrock, Julia Chantrey. In , at age 23, reporter Nellie Bly, working for Joseph Pulitzer, feigns mental illness to go undercover in notorious Blackwell's Island a woman's insane asylum to expose corruption, abuse and murder.
The list of atrocious behaviour by those in a position of care is endless. It was also shocking to read how quickly sane women were deemed insane for quite different illnesses. Taking a look inside an asylum in is eye opening. Nellie was incredibly brave to put herself through that ordeal for ten days. Nellie Bly, ‘Ten Days in a Mad House’ (). In an ‘anxious father’ of 5 unmarried daughters wrote a letter to the Pittsburgh Dispatch, desperate for advice – and worried how his girls would cope out in the big, bad world without men to look after them. Inside Nellie Bly’s 10 Days in a Madhouse In , year-old reporter Nellie Bly had herself committed to a New York City asylum to expose the horrific conditions for 19th-century mental patients.
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