Nellie Bly
Nellie Bly
Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist. She was also a writer, industrialist, inventor, and a 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 faked insanity to study a mental institution from within. She was a pioneer in her field, and launched a new kind of investigative journalism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth5 May 1864
CityBurrell, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I was too impatient to work at the usual duties assigned women on newspapers.