Ten Days a Madwoman: The Daring Life and Turbulent Times of the Original "Girl" Reporter, Nellie Bly

Author: Noyes, Deborah

Brand: Puffin

Color: Black

Edition: Reprint

Features:

• Puffin Books

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 160

Release Date: 07-02-2017

Part Number: 9780147508744

Details: The compelling and true story of how one truly dedicated journalist admitted herself to an asylum to write a groundbreaking exposé.

Young Nellie Bly had ambitious goals, especially for a woman at the end of the nineteenth century, when the few female journalists were relegated to writing columns about cleaning or fashion. But fresh off a train from Pittsburgh, Nellie knew she was destined for more and pulled a major journalistic stunt that skyrocketed her to fame: feigning insanity, being committed to the notorious asylum on Blackwell's Island, and writing a shocking exposé of the clinic’s horrific treatment of its patients.

Nellie Bly became a household name and raised awareness of political corruption, poverty, and abuses of human rights. Leading an uncommonly full life, Nellie circled the globe in a record seventy-two days and brought home a pet monkey before marrying an aged millionaire and running his company after his death.

EAN: 9780147508744

Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.0 x 2.3 inches

Languages: English