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Nellie Bly - 1864-1922

Journalist

Nellie Bly was the pen name of American journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane. She was a ground-breaking reporter known for a record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of Jules Verne's.
Born: May 5, 1864, Burrell Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 27, 1922, New York City, New York, United States
Full name: Elizabeth Jane Cochran
Spouse: Robert Seaman (m. 1895-1904)
Parents: Michael Cochran, Mary Jane Cochran

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Nellie Bly Biography

Journalist (1864-1922)

Nellie Bly was an American journalist known for her investigative and undercover reporting. She earned acclaim in 1887 for her expose on the conditions of asylum patients at Blackwell's Island in New York City, and achieved further fame after the New York World sent her on a trip around the world in 1889.

Synopsis

Born Elizabeth Cochran on May 5, 1864, in Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania, journalist Nellie Bly began writing for The Pittsburgh Dispatch in 1885. Two years later, Bly moved to New York City and began working for the New York World. In conjunction with one of her first assignments for the World, she spent several days on Blackwell's Island, posing as.