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Washington Post: She Went Undercover to Expose Insane Asylum Horrors and Now Nellie Bly Is Getting Her Due

The abuses described by the pioneering female journalist in 1887 led to reforms

By Diane Bernard

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/07/28/she-went-undercover-expose-an-insane-asylums-horrors-now-nellie-bly-is-getting-her-due/?utm_term=.f76238567e1d

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Brainpickings by Maria Popova “Nellie Bly Makes the News”

Video, event summaries from recent talks in  Reports from the Road.

Upcoming Virtual Events: “The Branded Journalist: Nellie Bly Changes the Game.” Ephemera Society of America, Jan. 14, 2020, 3pm. Nellie Bly: Pioneer of Investigative Journalism.” American Woman Writers National Museum, March 10, 2021, at noon;

 

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