In order for the mental health facility reform discussion to be brought into public conversation people resulted to sharing personal experiences. A reporter under the alias Nellie Bly admitted herself into a temporary boarding house for women. While there‚ she feigned insanity‚ which got her committed to Blackwell’s Island‚ a terrifying mental institution. Here she journaled her experiences‚ which she published in a series of articles called Ten Days in a Madhouse. Blackwell’s Island is an example
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Muckrakers The term “muckraker” was originally coined in a speech in 1906 accredited to President Theodore Roosevelt. It was alluding to the man with the Muck-Rake in Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Process. The Man with the Muck rake seeks material advances by raking filth. Roosevelt defined this term as "one who inquires into and publishes scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders". Muckrakers in the Progressive Era‚ a time from 1820 until 1920 when America quickly industrialized
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She did undercover work to expose the poor working conditions faced by women in sweatshops. By 1887 Nellie had relocated to New York City to further her career and getting a job at the New York World. She was assigned to do a story on the service and conditions that patients endure of a mental hospital on what is now called Roosevelt Island. She took the
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wooden cages‚ simulated drowning continuously pouring water onto a woman’s face‚ etc. Once Bly had been released from the Asylum she had published all her findings in the New York newspaper titled‚ World‚ this exposition had been a major success. There was a large scale investigation of Blackwell along with other NY institutes. Which had lead to improvement of the institutes within the state. Moreover‚ in 1887 Bly journal entries had been published as a book Ten days in a Mad-House by Ian L. Munro because
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Goodman’s essay “Elizabeth Bisland’s Race Around the World” is a sweet‚ adventurous read that takes you on a journey‚ but not necessarily the one that the reader expects. Goodman sets up this paper as if it will be about her actual race against Nellie Bly‚ and he does explain what the race was. However‚ he somewhat switches halfway through and it turns more into a paper solely about Bislands life‚ which is not exactly a bad thing. The paper feels more complete even‚ with the extra information and
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businesses to better improve the conditions of the community. During the 1900s we can see them doing some of their most noteworthy work. Elizabeth Cochran‚ also known by her pen name Nellie Bly‚ became an accomplished muckraker after uncovering the abuse malpractice taking place in Blackwell Island Asylum. In 1887 Bly spent 10 days in the Blackwell Island Asylum under the facade that she was mentally ill. During her time there she reported on the patients being starved‚ beaten‚ cold baths‚ and drugged
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During the Gilded Age and Progressive Era‚ there has been various changes within our economy policy. The transition from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era has shown how much our government’s influence in economics has changed throughout those years. In the Gilded Age‚ there was a widespread belief in monopolies and taking companies out of business. Although‚ in the Progressive Era‚ the government believed in encouraging competition in businesses and attacking trusts in order to do so. On the
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Newspapers: Past‚ Present‚ and Future News is simply defined as "a report of a recent event; something one not heard of before"(Websters‚ 282). With its lack in its definition‚ news is so much more than a report of recent events in todays world. Today‚ the underlying purpose of news is to "provide facts upon which decisions are based" (Mencher‚ 56)‚ making journalism the work of gathering news. Neil Postman says that news is "more often made rather than gathered". He goes
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Beneath the Mask “How strange or odd some’er I bear myself As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on— That you‚ at such times seeing me‚ never shall‚ With arms encumber’d thus‚ or this head-shake… That you know aught of me: this not to do‚ So grace and mercy at your most need help you‚ Swear” (I‚ v‚ 169-174‚ 179-181) In the dark guard tower of Elsinore‚ the young Prince Hamlet discovers the truth that his father‚ King Hamlet‚ has been poisoned by the King’s brother
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Evolution of the Treatment of Depression Marla A Jennings HCS-531 05-06-2013 Georgetta Baptist Evolution of the Treatment of Depression “Depression has been known to be around since 400 B.C. when Hippocrates treated mental illness as diseases to be understood in terms of disturbed physiology‚ rather than reflections of the displeasure of the gods or evidence of demonic possession‚ as they were often treated in Egyptian‚ Indian‚ Greek‚ and Roman writings (PBS.org‚ 1999) “In the
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