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Elizabeth Bisland Wetmore (February 11, 1861 – January 6, 1929) was an American journalist and author, perhaps now best known for her 1889–1890 race around the world against Nellie Bly, which drew worldwide attention. The majority of her writings were literary works. She published all of her works as Elizabeth Bisland .
Dec 29, 2023 · Dec 29, 2023, 12:13 PM PST. Nellie Bly in her traveling dress and coat. Bettmann/Getty Images. In 1889, journalist Nellie Bly set off on a trip around the world, trying to make it under 80 days....
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Jan 30, 2023 · Elizabeth Bisland: Around the world in 76 days. On 30 January 1890 adventurer and journalist Elizabeth Bisland made history, circumnavigating the world in just 76 days. Her remarkable journey was recorded on a rare globe, now part of the Science Museum Group Collection.
Jan 29, 2020 · In November 1889, two young female journalists, Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland, set out for the journey of a lifetime—both with the goal to try to travel around the world in less than 80 days. These two very different women were sponsored by competing newspapers to beat the record of Jules Verne’s fictional Phileas Fogg from his novel ...
Oct 16, 2013 · Matthew Goodman explores the life and writings of Elizabeth Bisland, an American journalist propelled into the limelight when she set out in 1889 - head-to-head with fellow journalist Nellie Bly - on a journey to beat Phileas Fogg's fictitious 80-day circumnavigation of the globe. Published. October 16, 2013
Mar 20, 2018 · by Matt Hershberger Mar 20, 2018. Today’s solo female travel movement — the subject of so many articles, books, and blogs, the inspiration for so many trips and lifestyles — can trace its roots in America back to two people: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland. Bly and Bisland were New York-based reporters in the late 1880s, at a time when ...
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6,238 ratings1,071 reviews. Goodreads Choice Award. Nominee for Best History & Biography (2013) 1889: Two women, successful journalists and writers, set off in a desperate rate in opposite directions, each determined to outdo Jules Verne's fictional hero Phileas Fogg and circle the globe in less than eighty days.
