American Immigrant Stories on Instagram: "Before “investigative journalism” even had a name, an Irish American woman was already doing it. Nellie Bly’s grandfather left County Derry for America in the 1790s. Generations later, his granddaughter would become one of the most fearless journalists in American history. At just 23 years old, she faked insanity to get herself committed to a New York asylum — and what she found inside shocked the nation. Beatings. Ice-cold baths. Women who weren’t even