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May 5, 2018 · Nation May 5, 2018 12:17 PM EDT. Today, we celebrate the 154th birthday of Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman. Better known by her nom de plume Nellie Bly (taken–and misspelled–from the title of a...
By: Arlisha R. Norwood, NWHM Fellow; Updated by: Mariana Brandman, NWHM Predoctoral Fellow in Women’s History | 2020-2022. 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.
Nov 12, 2020 · Famous Authors & Writers. Inside Nellie Bly’s 10 Days in a Madhouse. In 1887, 23-year-old reporter Nellie Bly had herself committed to a New York City asylum to expose the horrific...
Life Story: Elizabeth Cochrane, aka Nellie Bly (1864-1922) World-Traveling Journalist and Muckraker. The story of an investigative journalist who used her career to shed light on the horrors of urban life and break gender stereotypes. Print Page. Nellie Bly, c. 1890. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
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.
Nellie Bly | STAGING: National Women's History Museum. 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 · America's first investigative journalist got her start in an asylum. Trailblazer Nellie Bly first went undercover in a New York psychiatric hospital in 1887, when she exposed its horrific...
