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Nellie Bly (May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922)

Nellie Bly (May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922). Nellie Bly was actually a pen name for Elizabeth Cochran Her father died when she was young, and her mother remarried an abusive man, causing her to feel helpless and want to stand up for women’s rights

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Nellie Bly (May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922)

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  1. Nellie Bly (May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922) • Nellie Bly was actually a pen name for Elizabeth Cochran • Her father died when she was young, and her mother remarried an abusive man, causing her to feel helpless and want to stand up for women’s rights • She went to a Methodist-Episcopal school when she was young, and attempted to go to boarding school for one semester, but dropped out due to financial problems. • A sexist column published in a paper caused her to write a rebuttal and end up with her career in journalism.

  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly http://www.library.csi.cuni.edu/dept/history/lavender/386/nellie.html http://pabook.libraries.pso.edu/paltimap/bios/Cochran_Elizabeth.html Bly was one of the first investigative journalists, going undercover to an insane asylum in order to write Ten Days in a Madhouse, a work about the horrible treatment of asylum inhabitants and how the government should reform them The government ended up giving $850,000 to help reform asylums, and Nellie Bly went on to do other record-breaking feats, such as traveling around the world in 72 days Greatest Contribution

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