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1. 10 Days in a Madhouse is one of the most interesting accounts we have seen, however it is also very different from the scholarly works we are used to seeing. What do you think of Nellie Bly's account? How credible would you say her work is? Do you think any parts may have been embellished by the editor to sell the story in newspapers?
2. Would you consider Bly's approach to uncovering the realities of the asylum to be ethical? I am not objecting to her exposing the truth of treatment in the asylum, however is her method of feigning “madness” something we would consider ethical today? Why or why not?
3. It is a wonder Dorothea Dix never was confined to an asylum for her own direct actions and political activeness. We have discussed how this was common in her time, yet she remained an independent force of change, taking charge as a woman in a land of men.
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1. So far, Nellie Bly is one of the few people we have seen who witnesses asylum life first-hand. How else would you say that her book or research approach is unique?
2. What do you think makes Nellie Bly's interaction with other patients interesting?
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