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Download ☆ Ten Days a Madwoman Í PDF, DOC, TXT, eBook or Kindle ePUB free Free read Ten Days a Madwoman Work for a New York newspaperFall in loveMarry a millionaireChange the world   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 and pulled a majo. First off this title is misleading it should have been The life of Nellie Bly It doesn t cover as much of the mad house as I was led to believe from the covermaybe 30 pages cover the her time in the mad house1890 s originally Blackwell Island part of the city of NY was created to house 800 inmates Rikers Island was constructed and the prisoners were moved which left Blackwell Island to become a insane asylum for 1700 people Nellie Bly a journalist went undercover and labeled insane by the courts and locked away at Blackwell Island She met other women that were locked away for ridiculous reasons such as arguing in the work force loving someone other than their husband or not understanding English They were locked away on Blackwell Island and treated as murders Majority women of the women s ward were immigrants Horrible conditions such as once a week baths that everyone shared the same water Given food with insects in them and rancid meats Women were drugged with morphine every night to the point that if they weren t crazy to begin with they were by the heavy usage of drugs administered This is a very good look into our history and the injustices done upon women After her breakthrough report on the asylum her career tales off For instance after the book Around The World in 80 Days came out she challenged it by going around the world in 72 days It was a big deal that she went unchaperoned or unescorted around the world After this success she wasn t even aloud a pay raise With the injustices of the work force Nellie left the paper and marries a millionaire to divorce within a short period of time which divorce was unheard of She went back to work and again looked to writing columns to right social wrongs against women She was a pioneer during her time a true trailblazer for women in journalism

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Download ☆ Ten Days a Madwoman Í PDF, DOC, TXT, eBook or Kindle ePUB free Free read Ten Days a Madwoman R 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 as the world followed her enthralling career in “stunt” journalism that raised awareness of political. Its probably been over twenty years since I have read any YA non fiction but as soon as I opened the book sense memories of Reading and History classes in my middle school years came flooding back Its somehow nice to know that the form and structure I had experienced as a youth still existed in a book published within the past four years Noyes does as promised and tracks Nellie Bly s life and times using the standard interstitial asides to build out the larger world surround Bly at the turn of the last century The book is also littered with primary source images and uotes rooting the reader in the narrative Full review Constantine and the Council of Nicaea: Defining Orthodoxy and Heresy in Christianity, 325 CE exposé of the clinic’s horrific treatment of its patients   Nellie Bly became a household name as the world followed her Le Corbusier. meubles et interieurs 1905–1965 enthralling career in “stunt” journalism that raised awareness of political. Its probably been over twenty years since I have read any YA non fiction but as soon as I opened the book sense memories of Reading and History classes in my middle school years came flooding back Its somehow nice to know that the form and structure I had Ancestral Lines: The Maisin of Papua New Guinea and the Fate of the Rainforest eBook: John Barker: Amazon.fr: Amazon Media EUS.à r.l. experienced as a youth still The Girls of the Rose Dormitory existed in a book published within the past four years Noyes does as promised and tracks Nellie Bly s life and times using the standard interstitial asides to build out the larger world surround Bly at the turn of the last century The book is also littered with primary source images and uotes rooting the reader in the narrative Full review

Download ☆ Ten Days a Madwoman Í PDF, DOC, TXT, eBook or Kindle ePUB free Free read Ten Days a Madwoman 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   With its sensational and true plot Ten Days a Madwoman dares its readers to live as boldly as its remarkable heroin. This book is pretty good It is a biography of Nellie Bly and follows her throughout her lifetime The title is slightly misleading seeing as only thirty pages of the book was dedicated to her time in the madhouse Her trip around the world seemed to take up a larger portion of the book Nellie Bly did do a lot in her life She went undercover at an insane asylum broke the world record for fastest time around the world and ran a business that her husband left to her when he died I would recommend this book to people who want a uick easy and informative read