COULD I PASS A WEEK IN THE INSANE WARD AT BLACKWELL'S ISLAND? I SAID I COULD AND I WOULD. AND I DID..

I shuddered to think how completely the insane were in the power of their keepers, and how one could weep and plead for release, and all of no avail,….

They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to….

'IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO DO IT,' WAS THE TERRIBLE VERDICT. 'IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU ARE A WOMAN AND WOULD NEED A PROTECTOR, AND EVEN IF IT WERE PO….