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.
Bly\'s subsequent articles created a sensation, exposing the rampant psychological and physical mistreatment of inmates, many of whom were not mentally ill but simply recent immigrants and other impoverished individuals without s.
Such investigative journalism was unusual in 1887 -- almost as rare as women reporters.
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