Ten Days in a Mad-House
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"Ten Days in a Mad-House" is an 1887 investigative exposé by journalist Nellie Bly recounting her undercover experience in a New York insane asylum, which helped spark major reforms in mental health care.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ten Days in a Mad-House canonical | 5 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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investigative exposé ⓘ nonfiction work ⓘ |
| author | Nellie Bly ⓘ |
| basedOn | Nellie Bly's undercover experience ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinAuthorWork | one of Nellie Bly's earliest major works ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresTheme |
institutional abuse
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journalistic ethics ⓘ social reform ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
conditions in a New York insane asylum
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treatment of women in asylums ⓘ |
| genre |
investigative journalism
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memoir ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
audio recordings
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stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
investigative reporting on mental health
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muckraking journalism ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Gilded Age ⓘ |
| impact |
contributed to increased funding for mental health institutions
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led to improved oversight of psychiatric facilities ⓘ raised public awareness of asylum abuses ⓘ sparked reforms in mental health care ⓘ |
| literaryForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Nellie Bly ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of stunt journalism
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exposing inhumane treatment of patients ⓘ undercover reporting methods ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Nellie Bly's body of work ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1887 ⓘ |
| publisher | New York World ⓘ |
| setting |
Blackwell's Island
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surface form:
Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum
New York City ⓘ |
| subject |
mental health care
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patient abuse ⓘ psychiatric institutions ⓘ |
| timeSpanDescribed | ten days ⓘ |
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