THE NELLIE BLY COLLECTION - Tri Fritz

In 1887, reporter Nellie Bly joined the staff of Joseph Pulitzer's New York newspaper The World with an exposé that set the city on fire. Her articles detailing the Dickensian conditions and suffering of patients at the insane asylum on Blackwell's Island (\Behind Asylum Bars\ & \Inside The Mad-House\) would shock and outrage readers, propelling massive change in the care of the mentally ill. Almost overnight, Nellie Bly became a person to be reckoned with.In Vol. III of THE NELLIE BLY COLLECTION,..