Investigative Journalism

pioneered going undercover to write exposes about factories, an insane asylum, incarceration abuses, legislative corruption, unscrupulous employment agencies for domestic workers, & the black market for buying babies; her most famous expose was about the 10 days she spent as a mental patient at Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's (now Roosevelt) Island in New York; her subsequent articles about the abuses & brutal treatment of patients & horrendous living conditions resulted in mental health reform in New York; she was released from the asylum thanks to the efforts of attorneys for the New York World, her paper; November 14, 1889 began her trip around the world to emulate & beat the fictional record for doing so in Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days" sponsored & promoted by her newspaper; set the record for 72 days; as a businesswoman prioritized the welfare of her employees, providing healthcare benefits, & recreational facilities including a library for workers; held 5 patents under E. C. Seaman or Elizabeth C. Seaman

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Category:
Journalism - Investigative

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
697553; 703711; 688972; 703745; 723215

Co-Inventor:
None