Nellie Bly Quotes


In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits, beautiful white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold.


Citations

Bly, Nellie. Ten Days in a Mad-House. Ian L. Munro, 1887.

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Nellie Bly
Nellie Bly
  • Born: May 5, 1864
  • Died: January 27, 1922
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Journalist, Writer, Inventor

Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist, industrialist, inventor, and 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 worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. She was a pioneer in her field and launched a new kind of investigative journalism.