Use the excerpt from the “How Nellie Bly went undercover to expose abuse of the mentally ill” article to answer the question.

What is one inference readers can make based on the information in this paragraph?

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Bly was unhappy with the newspaper articles she published, leading her to write a book.
Bly was unhappy with the newspaper articles she published, leading her to write a book.

Mistreatment of the mentally ill was still a concern long after Bly’s work was published.
Mistreatment of the mentally ill was still a concern long after Bly’s work was published.

Parts of Bly’s experiences were exaggerated to make them more interesting to the public.
Parts of Bly’s experiences were exaggerated to make them more interesting to the public.

Few books after Bly’s dealt with the mentally ill.

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One inference readers can make based on the information in this paragraph is that mistreatment of the mentally ill was still a concern long after Bly’s work was published. This suggests that despite Bly's efforts to expose abuse, the issues she highlighted persisted.