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Nellie Bly went inside an asylum to report what she saw
Minimal evidence sufficed for commitment; abuse inside
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What the record says
United States national and state register · Batch 2
- Jurisdiction / date
- New York, 1887
- People / institutions
- Nellie Bly; Blackwell's Island; New York World
- Mechanism
- Admission on feigned symptoms
- Allegation or event
- Minimal evidence sufficed for commitment; abuse inside
- Finding or outcome
- Grand jury inquiry; appropriations increased
- Label
- SUPPORTED
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Reference and provenance
1887-US-NY-BLY