Nellie Bly

May 5, 1864 - Jan 27, 1922

Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. She was a pioneer in her field and launched a new kind of investigative journalism.
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“Could I pass a week in the insane ward at Blackwell's Island? I said I could and I would. And I did.”

Nellie Bly
May 5, 1864 - Jan 27, 1922
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