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I've always loved journalist Nellie Bly, who broke down barriers for women in the field during her time at the New York World newspaper in the late 19th century. This is the account of her time in an asylum. She got herself committed in order to find out the true conditions. They were atrocious. She gives a straightforward account of her time, but reading between the lines, it's easy to see how terrifying her time in the asylum must have been.

What a disturbing depiction of what crazy was & how crazy was treated in the late 1800‘s. Nellie Bly goes undercover as an insane person to see the inner working of one of New York‘s most famous asylums. What she encounters is not only horrible in how they treated women but also horrible in the sense that sane women were incarcerated just for having a temper!! Her story changed how people were treated and led to the eventual closing of the asylum

A classic work of investigative journalism: Nellie Bly writes movingly of the shocking abuses she witnessed and experienced during her time undercover in a mental asylum. It was 1887; she was 23. Once inside, she acted as she normally did outside, but every doctor dismissed her claim to sanity & attempts to advocate on behalf of patients who were being mistreated. Her exposé yielded an investigation and improvements, a laudable achievement.

As I passed a low pavilion where a crowd of helpless lunatics were confined, I read a motto on the wall: ‘While I live, I hope.‘ The absurdity of it struck me forcibly. I would have liked to put above the gates that opened to the asylum: ‘Ye who enter here leaveth hope behind.‘

The bit of investigative journalism that launched Nellie Bly's career. She very easily, too easily, was institutionalized. This was further supported by the number of sane women stuck there. The conditions were horrible. Bly's expose brought these conditions to light and helped start reform.
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Well I prepared myself before reading this by expecting the worse. But this is beyond my imagination. I was intrigued by the fact that a female journalist took this step as early in the 18s. This is horrifying , and heartbreaking 😞 This made me think of humanity in a different light . I could read this cos of @Cinfhen & @IndoorDame 💐 thanks to you both. Now want to read other books by this author. #Nonfiction2022 #bookspinbingo

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I first learned of Nellie Bly from my niece who did a report on her for school. She was fascinated by her story and shared it with me. Now I need to read this book.

This was an eye-opening, heartbreaking read written by a female journalist in 1887. Nellie Bly had herself (all too easily) committed to NYC insane asylum to expose the horrific treatment shown to the patients, many who were completely SANE. This was a beyond disturbing account of her 10 days spent on Blackwell Island. Thank you @IndoorDame for posting & sharing. #Pop22 #VictorianTimes #SocialHorror #Booked2022 #WrittenByAJournalist

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While this was a disturbing account both for the brutality portrayed in the institution and for the lack of power the women there had, it was also amazing to see something written by a female journalist as early as 1887, and to learn that in the end people took her account seriously and she affected some measure of change. #Nonfiction2022 #ImABasketCase #Booked2022 #WrittenByAJournalist

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Early investigative reporting was not for the meek. Nellie Bly gets herself committed to the insane asylum island for woman in this piece and quickly finds out how easy it is to be labeled insane, treated inhumanly, and have little recourse to prove yourself sane or remove others from the situation. A very telling & moving piece of journalism.

Side-note: the LibriVox narrator does a great job with this one.

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I was fascinated by this short, powerful read. Nellie Bly subjects herself to a stay in an asylum in order to document what patients are put through while they are supposedly being treated. The neglect and abuse patients experienced is heartbreaking and I'm thankful that Bly did what she did and wrote this book to show the world what was happening.

This was a very interesting yet short read. I found it quite harrowing at times but informative on a subject I knew little about
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Just started this, it seems right up my street
I‘ve not read as much non fiction recently and I intend to correct that
Do you have any suggestions for non fiction books?

An insightful if grim look at “mental health”. The writing is serviceable. The editing lax.

Reporter Nellie Bly had herself committed to the woman‘s asylum on Blackwell Island to expose the treatment of patients. Her expose brought about reforms in the asylum and better conditions for the women there.
This book also includes a section on Bly‘s investigations into how working girls found jobs and the white slavery of the industrial age.

I loved this book because I enjoy dark and twisted shit. Unfortunately it‘s a true story. A short read, this was originally a series of articles that were later compiled into a book. Nellie Bly tells about her experience inside of Blackwell Island‘s Insane asylum and the gross mistreatment and abuse inflicted upon the patients by the nurses and staff.

Wow, this is an interesting book! Very sad, and I‘m impressed that Nellie was brave enough to do something about the conditions!
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I don‘t want to get into things too much since I read this for #lmpbc, but this was a very interesting and rather shocking read.

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1. Dune (Herbert), I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Ellison)
2. On the Beach (Shute)
3. I‘ve only finished one book this month: Ten Days in a Mad-House. It was good though.
#weekendreads

Nellie Bly has herself committed to a mental hospital (on assignment by her publisher) by pretending to be “mad“ for a few police officers and a judge. Right off the bat, the author is indeed “mad“ in her own right for accepting such an assignment. The rest is incredibly disturbing. A first hand account at what a mental asylum had to offer its patients and how they were treated in such poor fashion.

1. Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly... I haven‘t managed to read at all this week though. 😩
2. Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
3. I‘ll definitely be playing Animal Crossing New Horizons 😄, and hopefully I‘ll get some reading and cleaning done too.
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Alrighty, what do you guys think of these?
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This was quite a depressing read for me, but I'm not sorry I read it and the good that was able to do through writing it is wonderful. Thinking of those real women who really suffered horribly made me very sad though! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I have known the story of Nellie Bly‘s stay in the Asylum on Blackwell‘s Island for some time. Thanks to #NewYearWhoDis and @Bookishthoughts I have finally read her words. I live on Roosevelt Island- formerly Blackwell‘s. My friend Judy is the island historian. She dresses like Nellie Bly to give tours to tourists. She has shown me papers in the archives about the madhouse and Bly. It was fascinating to read her firsthand account.

I spent the holidays working Pediatrics with this crew. Most of us in this photo celebrate Hanukkah, Solstice or Kwanzaa but a couple celebrate Christmas. This is our yearly unit Christmas photo. I spent today vegging and ordering Kindle book deals. I got 8 books including the tagged book which I got for #NewYearWhoDis
I hope everyone is recuperating from their holiday fun.

#NFNovember was really #NFFall for me...ending with Nellie Bly's ground breaking undercover assignment at Blackwell's Island Asylum in 1887.
Of all the disturbing neglect and abuse suffered by those women there, it was perhaps most disturbing how easily one could be deemed crazy, even when sane. For Nellie, a refusal to sleep for 1 night at a boarding house for working women, a (fake) loss of memory, and enlarged pupils was about all it took!⭐⭐⭐

I first heard about Nellie Bly in my American History 111 class. I was intrigued by her story about spending ten days in an insane asylum, but I had no idea how much she experienced or the changes she brought about for treatment of mental illnesses.

Also, did you know she traveled around the world in 72 days after she was inspired by Jules Verne? So cool!

Bly‘s account of her stay in the Women‘s Lunatic Asylum was considered a landmark in investigative journalism during the 19th century. She experienced the desolation of the poor when she was temporarily in a women shelter house, & it‘s astonishing how easily one is presumed & judged insane. The harsh conditions & the abuses in the asylum were recorded impartially in her report. It led to an investigation which brought reform to the asylum. #NFnov

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📕 continue with Dracula
📘 start two non-fiction books for #NFNov - a physical copy and #Serial Reader
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I absolutely loved this audiobook 10 days in a mad house by Nelly Bly.
It was read with honesty and enthusiasm.
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#lilithjuly @Cinfhen @KarenUK Nelly Bly, ace reporter, certainly wasn‘t a #basketcase, but she pretended to be one in order to get admitted into an asylum. Her goal? To show the mistreatment of inmates. She risked her freedom, her sanity and even her life to expose the truth. She also had other fabulous adventures and is a hero of mine.

It feels like I never have time to read between work and school. But I finally finished this kindle book! It was interesting but ended a little to soon.

Currently listening to this one. Nellie Bly is fascinating. This was some hardcore investigative journalism.

Wow. Just wow.

Totally forgot that I had read 2 other nonfiction books already this year!

Ten days in a Madhouse by Nellie Bly (written by a woman) and
The Rules do Not Apply by Ariel Levy (unlikable character)

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I'm thinking of my next immediate nonfiction read!

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I enjoyed this. We get a basic oversight of what insane asylums were like in the 19th century. How easy it was for her to be considered insane was amazing, especially by 4 doctors. It's a great little short read and I'm happy I finally got a chance to read it.

About halfway in and I'm enjoying this. I cant believe how easy it was to get into am insane asylum. Cant wait to finish this.

Twenty-four hours of reading. I finished 4 books and am half-way through 2 others. This was such a fun thing to do over the long weekend, and look forward to participating in another in the future. Thank you @TheReadingMermaid and @Andrew65 for organizing this. #24B42019 #readathon

This was excellent. A quick audio listen, but fantastically written and also such an important work historically. Glad I took the couple hours to listen to it!

Today‘s audiobook. I remember this story from college/grad school but i wasn‘t expecting the writing style to be so compelling!

In 1887 Nellie Bly had herself admitted to an asylum to investigate the conditions of the inmates. Her story caused #americanhorror, made her famous and ushered in reforms #NoFemmeBer @Cinfhen @Billypar