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96 pages • first pub 1887 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780486835440
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication date: 18 September 2019
Description
At the age of 23, pioneering reporter Nellie Bly faked dementia in order to expose abuses of patients in Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum in New York City. Such investigative journalism was unusual in 1887 -- almost as rare as women reporters. Bly...
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96 pages • first pub 1887 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780486835440
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication date: 18 September 2019
Description
At the age of 23, pioneering reporter Nellie Bly faked dementia in order to expose abuses of patients in Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum in New York City. Such investigative journalism was unusual in 1887 -- almost as rare as women reporters. Bly...