In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits, beautiful white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling… — Nellie Bly Copy Share Image
'IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO DO IT,' WAS THE TERRIBLE VERDICT. 'IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU ARE A WOMAN AND WOULD NEED A… — Nellie Bly Copy Share
'VERY WELL,' I SAID ANGRILY, 'START THE MAN, AND I'LL START THE SAME DAY FOR SOME OTHER NEWSPAPER AND BEAT HIM.' — Nellie Bly Copy Share
I have watched patients stand and gaze longingly toward the city they in all likelihood will never enter again. It means liberty and life;… — Nellie Bly Copy Share
I had, toward the last, been shut off from all visitors, and so when the lawyer, Peter A. Hendricks, came and told me that… — Nellie Bly Copy Share
COULD I PASS A WEEK IN THE INSANE WARD AT BLACKWELL'S ISLAND? I SAID I COULD AND I WOULD. AND I DID. — Nellie Bly Copy Share
In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and… — Nellie Bly Copy Share
“Compare this with a criminal, who is given every chance to prove his innocence. Who would not rather be a murderer and take the… — Nellie Bly Copy Share
I hardly expected the grand jury to sustain me, after they saw everything different from what it had been while I was there. Yet… — Nellie Bly Copy Share
Even that was all consumed after two days, and the patients had to try to choke down fresh fish, just boiled in water, without… — Nellie Bly Copy Share
I had never been near insane persons before in my life, and had not the faintest idea of what their actions were like — Nellie Bly Copy Share
How can a doctor judge a woman's sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the… — Nellie Bly Copy Share
I had looked forward so eagerly to leaving the horrible place, yet when my release came and I knew that God's sunlight was to… — Nellie Bly Copy Share
All the asylum clothing is made by the patients, but sewing does not employ one's mind. After several months' confinement the thoughts of the… — Nellie Bly Copy Share
