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Nellie Bly is a reporter. Who does she pretend to be, and why?

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She pretended to be mentally ill so she could get into the madhouse.

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she pretended to be a mental patient in order to be committed to the facility, where she lived for 10 days. Bly's exposé, published in the World soon after her return to reality, was a massive success.

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