Sometimes it’s easier to ignore things that are difficult to see. Fortunately, there are journalists who bring light to the things that must be addressed. One such reporter was Nellie Ble, a 19th- century journalist who went undercover to expose the asylum system in which women (with or without mental illness) were often abused or neglected. More than a century later, Bly’s work was honored with a monument near the site of the asylum she investigated. @AtlasObscura has more:

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