Nellie Bly
American journalist · United States · On the map · Journalists · Lived 1864 to 1922 · aged 57
Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist 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 for an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within.
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Portrait of a 21-year-old Bly in Mexico
The New York City Mental Health Hospital on Blackwell's Island, c. 1893
Illustration of Bly being examined by a psychiatrist, from Ten Days in a Mad-House
United for Libraries Literary Landmark on Roosevelt Island (formerly Blackwell's Island) that mentions Bly's connection to the island
A publicity photograph taken by the New York World newspaper to promote Bly's around-the-world voyage
A woodcut image of Nellie Bly's homecoming reception in Jersey City printed in Frank Leslie's Illustrated News on February 8, 1890
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She ushered in the era of stunt girl reporting and helped advance a new kind of immersion journalism.
