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As a writer, Nellie Bly focused her early work for the Pittsburgh Dispatch on the lives of working women, writing a series of investigative articles on women factory workers.
Apr 2, 2014 · Nellie Bly was known for her pioneering journalism, including her 1887 exposé on the conditions of asylum patients at Blackwell's Island in New York City and her report of her 72-day trip...
Jun 7, 2024 · Nellie Bly was the most famous American woman reporter of the 19th century. Her investigation of conditions at an insane asylum sparked outrage, legal action, and improvements of the treatment of the mentally ill.
May 5, 2018 · Nellie Bly's investigative work became a classic in the annals of psychiatry and a cogent warning against inhumane treatment of the mentally ill.
Nellie Bly became a star journalist by going undercover as a patient at a New York City mental health asylum in 1887 and exposing its terrible conditions in the New York World.
Nellie Bly was a world-traveling investigative journalist who used her career to shed light on the horrors of urban life and break gender stereotypes.
Nov 8, 2022 · Journalist Nellie Bly may be best known for her well-documented 72-day trip around the globe in 1890, inspired by the Jules Verne novel Around the World in 80 Days. She was also a pioneer in the field of investigative journalism, a suffrage advocate, and later, an inventor.
Jan 26, 2022 · Nellie Bly, then 50, was in Vienna as the fighting of World War One broke out. After convincing Austrian officials to provide her with credentials as a war correspondent, she made her way to the battlefields and trenches.
Nellie Bly. 1864-1922. In 1887, Nellie Bly stormed into the office of the New York World, one of the leading newspapers in the country. She expressed interest in writing a story on the immigrant experience in the United States.
Mar 4, 2021 · Trailblazer Nellie Bly first went undercover in a New York psychiatric hospital in 1887, when she exposed its horrific conditions.
