In her first few articles for the Pittsburgh "Dispatch," Elizabeth Jane Cochran's byline read "Orphan Girl." The name worked well for these artices, but the paper's editor, after adding her to his ...
On Nov. 14, 1889 — 135 years ago today — the world’s most famous female journalist – Nellie Bly of the New York World – set out to see if she could beat a fictional around-the-world record journey of ...
After her divorce, Nellie Bly's mother Mary Jane took her daughter to Allegheny City, an unincorporated part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where two of her sons were living. By that time the city, the ...
She was best known for her trip around the world in 1889, which she completed in 72 days 6 hours 11 minutes. By The New York Times This obituary was originally published on Jan. 27, 1922. It is being ...
In 1887, Nellie Bly boarded the boat with the other patients bound for Blackwell’s Island, now known as Roosevelt Island. Their stay in the filthy cabin was mercifully short, and soon they crossed the ...
On 4 February 1919, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) intelligence officers in France interviewed journalist Nellie Bly about her time in Austria during World War I. While waiting for permission to ...
One fall day in 1887, the New York police were contacted by the worried inhabitants of a women’s boarding house. The cops soon arrived and picked up a disturbed young woman named Nellie Brown. The ...
When Nellie Bly completed her globe-circling journey in 1890, the New York World hailed the intrepid journalist as “the best-known and most widely talked-of young woman on earth today.” But had she ...
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