![]() ![]() The next morning, at 6 a.m., the nurses pulled the covers from Nellie’s bed and told her to wake up. Her bed was hard with a dent in the middle, and the journalist laid awake all night because the chatter and stomping of the nurses were so loud. On her first night at Blackwell’s Island Lunatic Asylum, Nellie was given a long, thin gown, her clothes were labeled and taken away, and she was placed in a bitterly cold room with locked windows. One doctor even described her as “positively demented.” She talked and behaved normally, but to her surprise, the more normal she acted, the crazier she was perceived by the doctors and nurses. ![]() Once inside, Nellie was not pretending she was insane. After she and her editor made preparations for the “mission,” Nellie went to a women’s boarding house, acted insanely, and was sent to an Insane Asylum. The Blackwell’s Island Lunatic Asylum in New York was the one Nellie Bly chose. “Ten Days in a Mad-House” by Nellie Bly (Source: Wikipedia)
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