Ten Days a Mad-House;Feigning Insanity Order to Reveal Asylum Horrors in Bloomington, MN

Pioneering journalist Nellie Bly went undercover in the late 1800s to shed light on the horrific conditions of Victorian mental asylums. This is the eye-opening account of her experience.
Nellie Bly feigned insanity to be admitted to a mental institution with the intent of exposing its awful conditions first-hand. Her account reveals the institution's inhumane treatment, abuse of power, and unsanitary environment, demonstrating the unnerving ease with which a sane woman is admitted to the hospital and the struggle she faces to escape. The publication of
Ten Days in a Mad-House
led to an entirely new journalistic approach and launched the stunt girl reporting era.
The chapters in this compelling volume include:
A Delicate Mission
Pronounced Insane
Inside the Mad-House
Promenading with Lunatics
Incidents of Asylum Life
The Grand Jury Investigation
Breathing new life into this fantastic journalistic expose,
has been republished by Read & Co. Books featuring an author biography by Frances E. Willard and Mary A. Livermore.