Watch around the world in 72 days american experience. For the hurst book, despite the easy access to most of what i needed, applying the model i developed for bly enabled me to retrieve a wealth of less obvious but important new information from primary material culled from more offbeat venues. Nellie bly may 5, 1864 january 27, 1922 was an american journalist, author, industrialist, and charity worker. List of books and articles about nellie bly elizabeth. She gives us a masterpiece so thoroughly researched and so vivid in detail that. She was also a writer, industrialist, inventor, and a charity worker who was widely known for her recordbreaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of jules ve.
Without further consideration, nellie bly it became. At that time the hamburger standopen air restaurant had a model ship on the back counter with the name nellie bly painted on its bow. Daredevil, reporter, feminist by brooke kroeger 1994. Nellie bly, the latenineteenthcentury newspaper reporter, was, at one time, on the tip of every literate and tabloidloving persons tongue. Speech to fellows of the freedom forum media studies center and at the newseum in washington, d. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Nellie bly should be among the most famous women of all time, yet shes virtually forgotten. Brooke kroeger, a upi reporter and editor, tells the reader why bly deserved such an. Before reading this book, all i knew about nellie bly was that it was the name of an amusement park on the water side of the belt parkway in brooklyn, between coney island and fort hamilton. Journalist kroegers formidably wellresearched book, based on legal and archival material as well as blys more than 600 newspaper and magazine articles. My wire service and newspaper background figured in the editing, too.
The book goes into such incredible detail about her life and my copy just got ripped apart because i read it so many times. Journalist and reformer elizabeth cochrane seaman, better known as nellie bly 18641922, gained fame at the end of the nineteenth century for her investigative reports of abusive conditions in the cities of pittsburgh and new york. By going undercover to report on a range of subjects from slum conditions to municipal corruption, she influenced public opinion on the most significant social issues of her day. She once faked insanity in order to do an investigative report on mental institutions. Brooke kroeger, associate professor of journalism at new york university, has published acclaimed biographies of women writers nellie bly and fannie hurst. How nellie bly became a victorian sensation and changed. Media and the fight for womens suffrage, linda steiner, carolyn kitch, brooke kroeger, eds. She wrote nellies biography that i really focused on during my research. Loaning money without a license to actresses and rich women may 12, 1889 nellie bly exposes how a diamond shop in new york really operates. Brooke kroeger is a journalist, author, and a journalism professor at nyu, where she directs graduate students in global and joint program studies.
Anthony when i looked up after i heard a cheer from a group of men standing directly behind me. Books by bly, nellie sorted by popularity project gutenberg. Nellie blys lessons in writing what you want to the new yorker. May 14, 2014 nellie bly, the latenineteenthcentury newspaper reporter, was, at one time, on the tip of every literate and tabloidloving persons tongue. Kroeger argues that the lack of accessible documents has contributed to scholarly neglect and misinformation about bly, a condition she has remedied in this book. Decades in the making, kroeger has spared no effort in researching libraries, newspaper files, births and deaths certificates, family histories and the memories of people who knew bly, or knew people who did. The most comprehensive biography of nellie blys life. Always, the main character in any nellie bly story is nellie bly herself, and she was very much a character. Recovering the longlost history of women in journalism september 22, 1993 brooke kroeger bkfreedomforumsisters listen to this list of continue reading. Daredevil, reporter, feminist, paperback, 1996, american journalism, vol. Nellie blyjournalist and reformer elizabeth cochrane seaman, better known as nellie bly 18641922, gained fame at the end of the nineteenth century for her investigative reports of abusive conditions in the cities of pittsburgh and new york. Nellie bly overheard many interesting things while traveling. She had herself committed to an insane asylum, circled the globe in 72 days, and worked as an elephant trainer, all for a good story.
I had just finished reading blys interview with susan b. Cochrane was renowned for her reportage of social justice issues which were considered controversial at the time, and her willingness to undertake daredevil undercover investigations, which famously included getting herself committed to an insane asylum so she could report on. Exclusive interview with 10 days in a madhouse actress. Born elizabeth jane cochran later spelled cochrane on 5 may 1864 in western pennsylvania, nellie bly became a journalist to help support her family after her father died. Nellie was born on may 5, 1864 in a suburb of pittsburgh, pa. May 5, 1864 january 27, 1922, better known by her pen name nellie bly, was an american journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker who was widely known for her recordbreaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of jules vernes fictional character phileas fogg, and an expose in which she worked undercover to. Nellie bly of the new york world undercover reporting. In 1885 she wrote an anonymous response to apittsburgh dispatch article about why women should stay home and not seek work or the vote. Nellie bly may 5, 1864 january 27, 1922 was an american journalist, author, industrialist, and charity. Nellie bly public domain via wikimedia commons elizabeth jane cochrane is the first known female reporter, and one of the most popular writers of her era.
Nellie bly blazed a trail for american women when she traveled around the world in 72 days. A biography of nellie blys life with excellent images from the different countries that she visited on her aroundtheworld trip. Bly came along in the early spring of 1864, the day the battle of the wilderness began 300 miles south in the dense northern virginia woods. Kroeger s biography of nellie bly moves at almost as fast a pace as did bly s remarkable life. May 05, 2015 she went to the office, says brooke kroeger, author of bly s biography, nellie bly. In this role, she was generally known by her real and married nameelizabeth cochrane seaman. She went to the office, says brooke kroeger, author of blys biography, nellie bly. The daring nellie bly by bonnie christensen scholastic. After her response was published in the dispatch in 1880, the editor, george madden, tracked her down and hired her as a reporter. And the legend is that the editor says, shes got no grammar, shes got no. Brooke kroger was our historical consultant and she is the nellie bly expert.
Nellie bly was the pen name of american journalist elizabeth cochrane seaman. I was recently reading around the world in seventytwo days and other writings by nellie bly while on the stationary bike. One of the most rousing characters of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, nellie bly was a pioneer of investigative journalism. Educational article for students, schools, and teachers. Death nellie bly died from pneumonia on january 22, 1922 in new york city.
Nellie blys lessons in writing what you want to the new. Now in paperbackthe acclaimed biography of nellie bly, the thrilling. In his haste, madden had not been faithful to the spelling of that name made famous thirtyfive years earlier in a song written by one of pittsburghs favorite sons, stephen collins foster. Loaning money without a license to actresses and rich women may 12, 1889 nellie bly exposes how a. Join facebook to connect with nellie brooke and others you may know. Lemon at the local methodist episcopal church christened the scrawny cochran daughter elizabeth jane, but the name never took. The first major change she made was her impact on womens sanctuaries for the mentally ill. Learn more about nellie bly and school programs and tours. The story of nellie bly in your paper, please email mike peterson, or contact the newspapersineducation program at your local newspaper. Her writing style was marked by firsthand tales of the lives of the underclass, which she obtained.
Project gutenberg offers 60,662 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. See more ideas about nellie bly, women in history and history. This book is a valiant effort to redress that situation, but could maybe. She was the first woman to cover the eastern front during world war i. Nellie bly and other stunt girls and boys of the late. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A meticulously researched, consistently entertaining biography of the legendary turnofthecentury journalist whose true adventures far outstripped the boundaries of myth.
The name nellie bly comes from a song called nelly bly by stephen foster. Kroeger could have included industrialist and inventor in that subtitle. Without her effect on these places, they might not be in the conditions that they are in today. Turnofthecentury journalist nellie bly emerges from myth to life in this realistic, respectful life story. Her writing style was marked by firsthand tales of the lives of the underclass, which she obtained by venturing into their world in a series of. Daredevil, reporter, feminist is the first and only fully documented biography of bly and integrates a. Brooke kroeger uncovers new material and enriches her portrait of this legend. Brooke kroeger, a upi reporter and editor, tells the reader why bly deserved such an accolade in a biographical narrative that details the. A female usurers trick nellie bly new york world nellie bly exposes one of the secrets of a diamond shop. There have been books, films and plays about bly, but brooke kroeger s simply named nellie bly will surely rate as the definitive work. There have been books, films and plays about bly, but brooke kroegers simply named nellie bly will surely rate as the definitive work. Kids learn about the biography of nellie bly including her early career as a journalist, investigating and reporting on an insane asylum, racing around the world in 72 days, and fun facts. Because of her stellar work, conditions improved for women and the w.
And the rumor was that it, nellie blys was named after the wreck of the ss nellie bly in the inlet a few steps away. Learn more about nellie bly and school programs and. Books by bly, nellie sorted by popularity project gutenberg books by bly, nellie sorted by popularity. Remembering nellie bly, bensonhursts everevolving kiddie. Join facebook to connect with brooke bly and others you may know. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Elizabeth cochran seaman born elizabeth jane cochran. Finally, in the name of equality, nellie bly left a legacy of improved conditions for women in society. Nellie bly is the pen name of the american investigative newspaper reporter elizabeth cochrane seaman 18641922. Nellie blys book around the world in seventytwo days illustrated 23sep2011.