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What happens when women are called crazy?
In the 1880s, journalist Nellie Bly faked insanity to reveal the treatment of women in an American asylum, and how many of the patients were not sick at all, but just trapped in a misogynist system. Now, a new opera is b...
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What happens when women are called crazy? is an episode from Q: The Podcast from CBC Radio by CBC. In the 1880s, journalist Nellie Bly faked insanity to reveal the treatment of women in an American asylum, and how many of the patients were...
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Published Jun 15, 2026, 00:23:50 long, audio available.
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