Librivox: Ten Days in a Madhouse by Bly, Nellie http://librivox.org/ten-days-in-a-madhouse-by-nellie-bly/ In 1887 Nellie Bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an investigative journalist and “stunt” reporter, had herself committed to the Blackwell’s Island Insane Asylum in New York. Her purpose was to discover what life was like for those who had been deemed insane. She was surprised to discover the depth of mistreatement of the patients. Partially as a result of her reporting, more money was allocated to the asylum and reforms were put into place. (Summary by Alice) en In 1887 Nellie Bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an investigative journalist and “stunt” reporter, had herself committed to the Blackwell’s Island Insane Asylum in New York. Her purpose was to discover what life was like for those who had been deemed insane. She was surprised to discover the depth of mistreatement of the patients. Partially as a result of her reporting, more money was allocated to the asylum and reforms were put into place. (Summary by Alice) LibriVox LibriVox info@librivox.org No No nonadult 01_ten-days-in-a-madhouse-b http://www.archive.org/download/ten_days_madhouse_librivox/ten_days_in_a_madhouse_01_bly_64kb.mp3 No No 8:45 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:08 -0000 02_ten-days-in-a-madhouse-b http://www.archive.org/download/ten_days_madhouse_librivox/ten_days_in_a_madhouse_02_bly_64kb.mp3 No No 19:9 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:07 -0000 03_ten-days-in-a-madhouse-b http://www.archive.org/download/ten_days_madhouse_librivox/ten_days_in_a_madhouse_03_bly_64kb.mp3 No No 19:31 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:06 -0000 04_ten-days-in-a-madhouse-b http://www.archive.org/download/ten_days_madhouse_librivox/ten_days_in_a_madhouse_04_bly_64kb.mp3 No No 27:15 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:05 -0000 05_ten-days-in-a-madhouse-b http://www.archive.org/download/ten_days_madhouse_librivox/ten_days_in_a_madhouse_05_bly_64kb.mp3 No No 17:6 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:04 -0000 06_ten-days-in-a-madhouse-b http://www.archive.org/download/ten_days_madhouse_librivox/ten_days_in_a_madhouse_06_bly_64kb.mp3 No No 27:24 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:03 -0000 07_ten-days-in-a-madhouse-b http://www.archive.org/download/ten_days_madhouse_librivox/ten_days_in_a_madhouse_07_bly_64kb.mp3 No No 23:50 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:02 -0000 08_ten-days-in-a-madhouse-b http://www.archive.org/download/ten_days_madhouse_librivox/ten_days_in_a_madhouse_08_bly_64kb.mp3 No No 18:47 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:00:01 -0000