She Wasn’t Violent. Or Suicidal. But They Strapped Her To A Bed And Let Her Suffer For Hours.

Say you got the flu. What if you were taken to the hospital and forced to stay there indefinitely? What if, when you got out, you couldn’t tell anyone you were sick, because you knew if you did, no one would ever take you seriously again?This is Elyn Saks. She’s a distinguished law professor, abest-selling…

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An Indian immigrant taught Britain how to wash its hair 200 years ago and invented shampoo, as we know it

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Margaret Corbin is the only woman honored with a monument at West Point. Every American should know her name.

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A blind woman bent down to kiss her guide dog goodnight, and the accident that followed restored her vision

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What if hospitals were breathtakingly beautiful? Barcelona answered that question 100 years ago.