Nellie Bly Quotes


On the wagon sped, and I, as well as my comrades, gave a despairing farewell glance at freedom as we came in sight of the long stone buildings.


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.