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Blackwell's Island, long before Nellie Bly's undercover work...
Blackwell's Island, long before Nellie Bly's undercover work...
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HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, (New York), February, 1866* Blackwell's Island insane asylum
* Nellie Bly fame
The first article is 21 pages on: "Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum" which includes 20 illustrations. Some 21 years later investigative reporter Nellie Bly would rise to journalistic fame by posing as an "insane" patient to be committed to the female asylum there and exposing cruelty towards patients and the horrendous medical care. Her work would lead to much reform at many institutions.
Disbound without wrappers, 136 pages, measures 6 by 9 1/2 inches, very nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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