Nellie Bly (May 5, 1864[1] – January 27, 1922) was the pen name of American journalist Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman.[2] She was also a writer, industrialist, inventor, and a charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of Jules Verne’s fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within.[3] She was a pioneer in her field, and launched a new kind of investigative journalism.[4]
…Committed to the asylum, Bly experienced its conditions firsthand. The food consisted of gruel broth, spoiled beef, bread that was little more than dried dough, and dirty undrinkable water. The dangerous patients were tied together with ropes. The patients were made to sit for much of each day on hard benches with scant protection from the cold. Waste was all around the eating places. Rats crawled all around the hospital. The bathwater was frigid and buckets of it were poured over their heads. The nurses behaved obnoxiously and abusively, telling the patients to shut up, and beating them if they did not. Speaking with her fellow patients, Bly was convinced that some were as sane as she was.
Happy Birthday, Nellie
Nice to think about Nellie Bly on her birthdsy, but it is customary on this site to give more credit to sources than simply creating a link within the text, without identifying the source (wikipedia, in this case) from which the material is copied verbatim. I hope you will cite your sources in the future.
Admirable leading women
At first I thought it wasn’t credited either but then I noticed the hyperlink, which I’ve seen used before and seems acceptable to me.
I’ve read a fair amount about Nellie Bly and Amelia Earhart when I was younger. Although, I’m not up to date on them now, they nevertheless endure in my consciousness as two admirable leading women of their day.
giving credit when due
Vidda, it is quite gracious of you to think that the documentation was sufficient. I believe that when someone, anywhere, even in casual conversation with friends, doesn’t take every opportunity to acknowledge someone else’s part in whatever, and make blatant that person’s or entity’s contribution, it is at the least an insult to the person or entity, and at worst is an attempt to slip something by as one’s own by the minimizing. I realize the internet has developed some protocols for attributions and that I am not as up to date as I should be on what they are. I am aware they are not as clear, obvious, and acknowledging as I’d like. I guess it’s merely another example of a less kind, respectful, and considerate world now; one than I was not raised to support, and it makes me feel sad (and old!!)