Blackwells Island by Leia Lozano-Asbert https://padlet.com/s155842/wv2nxs7j97780m2c Post anything anywhere en-us 2025-02-14 19:03:30 UTC 2025-05-22 17:10:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Historical Significants of the Blackwells island ( Now called the Rosevelt island) s155842 https://padlet.com/s155842/wv2nxs7j97780m2c/wish/3340641620 The building was originally called Blackwell's Island. It was later renamed Welfare Island in 1921, then finally called Roosevelt Island in 1975. This building served as an asylum, prison, and hospital in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

]]> 2025-02-24 17:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/s155842/wv2nxs7j97780m2c/wish/3340641620 Nellie Bly s155842 https://padlet.com/s155842/wv2nxs7j97780m2c/wish/3340725557 Nellie Bly was an undercover journalist. She pretended to be insane to be committed to the asylum. She went undercover to find the mystery and the truth behind what was going on behind closed doors. Once she was admitted into the asylum, she found the gruesome truth about what was going on. She found that patients were beaten, restrained, and neglected. There were filthy living spaces, freezing temperatures, and contaminated water. The food was very unsanitary. There was rotten meat, moldy bread, and barely any edible meals. And many women inside were not actually insane, just poor or non-English speakers. Also, once you are admitted, there is no way out—doctors ignored pleas for release. After 10 days, her newspaper, The New York World, helped secure her release. She ended up publishing her findings in an article titled "Ten Days in a Mad House," which created a public outrage, leading to:

  • Increased funding for mental health institutions

  • Reforms in patient treatment and better oversight

  • Greater awareness of wrongful institutionalization

]]> 2025-02-24 18:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s155842/wv2nxs7j97780m2c/wish/3340725557 Transformation of the Island s155842 https://padlet.com/s155842/wv2nxs7j97780m2c/wish/3340728007 Eventually asylum patients moved elsewhere in the early 1900s, and many buildings fell into disrepair after being abandoned. And they renamed the island after President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1973) honored disability history.

]]> 2025-02-24 18:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/s155842/wv2nxs7j97780m2c/wish/3340728007 Legacy in Disability History s155842 https://padlet.com/s155842/wv2nxs7j97780m2c/wish/3340729748 The island’s history highlights past mistreatment of disabled individuals. Renaming it after FDR, who had polio, acknowledges disability history and contributions.

]]> 2025-02-24 18:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/s155842/wv2nxs7j97780m2c/wish/3340729748 Key Institutions on the Island s155842 https://padlet.com/s155842/wv2nxs7j97780m2c/wish/3340730770

  • Penitentiary (1832): Isolated prisoners from the city.

  • New York City Lunatic Asylum (1839): First city asylum, later became infamous due to Nellie Bly’s exposé.

  • Smallpox Hospital (1856): Treated patients with infectious diseases.

    • Metropolitan Hospital: Occupied the former asylum building until 1955.

    ]]>     2025-02-24 18:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/s155842/wv2nxs7j97780m2c/wish/3340730770     Inside the Institution s155842 https://padlet.com/s155842/wv2nxs7j97780m2c/wish/3340735048 Mostly women because the people were separated.

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