Ten Days in a Mad-House (Great Classics #23)

Nellie Bly

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Publication Date: September 2nd, 2016

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The story was published in a series of articles for Joseph Pulitzer's New York City Newspaper The World in the late 1800 and then later in novel form.

This was amazing and horrifying. In 1887 Nellie Bly, the author of this book and a reporter, faked insanity and spent 10 days in an insane asylum so she could report on the conditions.

The conditions were horrendous at best. Some women were just getting over physical illnesses, some women couldn't even speak English There were beatings, cold baths in the same water as all the other "prisoners', inedible food, extreme cold conditions and the list goes on and on.

When Bly left, her reports launched a jury investigation, and surprise surprise Things started to improve. Due to her bravery and reporting skills she was able to improve conditions and get more money allocated to treatment of the insane than ever had before.

The story is compelling, eye-opening and horrifying all at the same time. The abuse of power and the conditions that these women suffered will make anyone think about how people who can do little for themselves are treated by others in society. What does that say for humanity? Has anything changed in the 21st century? It's a very thought-provoking read.

This must have been the golden age of journalism. It's investigative journalism at it's best. The fact that it's a real story makes it even more interesting.

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About the Author

Elizabeth Cochran Seaman(May 5, 1864[2] - January 27, 1922), known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist. She was also a writer, industrialist, inventor, and a charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within. She was a pioneer in her field, and launched a new kind of investigative journalism. At birth she was named Elizabeth Jane Cochran. She was born in "Cochran's Mills", today part of the Pittsburgh suburb of Burrell Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Her father, Michael Cochran, was a laborer and mill worker who married Mary Jane. In 1895 Bly married millionaire manufacturer Robert Seaman. Bly was 31 and Seaman was 73 when they married. She retired from journalism and became the president of the Iron Clad Manufacturing Co., which made steel containers such as milk cans and boilers. In 1904, her husband died. In the same year, Iron Clad began manufacturing the steel barrel that was the model for the 55-gallon oil drum still in widespread use in the United States. Bly was also an inventor in her own right, receiving U.S. patent 697,553 for a novel milk can and U.S. patent 703,711 for a stacking garbage can, both under her married name of Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman!