Ten days in a mad-house

By Nellie Bly

Subjects: Commitment and detention, New York (N.Y.). Lunatic Asylum, Blackwell's Island, Mentally ill, Hospitals, Psychiatric hospitals, New York (N.Y.).

Description: In the 1800s, journalist Nellie Bly pretended to be mentally ill and spent 10 days in an insane asylum in order to report on conditions and abuses there.