SINCE my experiences in Blackwell\'s Island Insane Asylum were published in the World I have received hundreds of letters in regard to it.
Bly was also a writer, industrialist, inventor, and a charity worker..
She was a pioneer in her field, and launched a new kind of investigative journalism.
About the Author: Elizabeth Cochran Seaman (May 5, 1864 - January 27, 1922), better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of Jules Verne\'s fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an expose in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within.
The edition containing my story long since ran out, and I have been prevailed upon to allow it to be published in book form, to satisfy the hundreds who are yet asking for copies.
SINCE my experiences in Blackwell\'s Island Insane Asylum were published in the World I have received hundreds of letters in regard to it
