Nellie Bly: 3 Interesting Facts

Here are three interesting facts about Nellie Bly:

  1. The name “Nellie Bly” is the pen name she used as a journalist. Her real name is Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman.
  2. She performed investigations through first-hand experience. For example, she admitted herself to an insane asylum, and got herself arrested in order to report on these experiences within urban America.
  3. She set out to imitate Jules Verne’s fictional trip around the world, and did it in less than 75 days (whereas the fictional voyage took 80.)
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