Episode 16: Nellie Bly

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In today’s episode, Chyaz Samuel tells the astonishing life story of Nellie Bly, the journalist who went undercover to expose the dire conditions of the late-1800s New York ‘Women’s Lunatic Asylum’. Find out how this trailblazing young woman infiltrated the secretive institution and helped bring about reforms in mental health treatments towards the end of the 19th century. Mental health resources UK: https://www.mind.org.uk/ Mental health resources Global: https://checkpointorg.com/global/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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