Download or read book Ten Days in a Mad-House written by Nellie Bly and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ♥♥Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly♥♥ Ten Days in a Mad-House by Ten Days in a Mad-House is a book by American journalist Nellie Bly. It was initially published as a series of articles for the New York Nellie Bly. World; Bly later compiled the articles into a book, being published by Ian L. Munro in New York City in 1887. ♥♥Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly♥♥ The book was based on articles written while Bly was on an undercover assignment for the New York World, feigning insanity at a women's boarding house, so as to be involuntarily committed to an insane asylum. ♥♥Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly♥♥ She then investigated the reports of brutality and neglect at the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island (now called Roosevelt Island). ♥♥Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly♥♥ The book received acclaim from critics at the time. Accumulation of her reportage and the release of her content brought her fame and led to a grand jury investigation and financial increase in the Department of Public Charities and Corrections. ♥♥Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly♥♥