She was known for stunt journalism, frequently going undercover or travelling to far. On the morning of november 14, 1889, nellie bly may 5, 1864january 27, 1922, an audacious newspaper reporter who had previously risked her life on a trailblazing expose that forever changed how we treat the mentally ill, set out to outpace vernes fictional itinerary by circumnavigating the globe in seventyfive days, thus setting the. When she traveled around the world in just 72 days, beating jules vernes fictional escapade, she turned herself into a world celebrity. Although, the editor declined her story he challenged bly to investigate one of new yorks most notorious mental hospitals. Just as well written and well researched, but a very different book. Inspired by jules vernes fantastical around the world in 80 days, bly confidently expected to top the fictional feat of phileas fogg. Nellie bly pen name for elizabeth jane cochrane was an american journalist who lived around 1864 1922. Nellie bly 18641922 this is a true account by american woman journalist who, in 1889, set out to see whether she could beat the fictional journey in jules vernes 1873 novel, around the world in eighty days. Wikipedia article, commons category ten days in a madhouse is a book written by newspaper reporter nellie bly and published by ian l. The book comprised blys reportage for the new york world while on an undercover assignment in which she feigned insanity to investigate reports of brutality and neglect at the womens lunatic asylum on. May 5, 1864 january 27, 1922, better known by her pen name nellie bly, was an american journalist.
Jul 20, 2015 this collection has all of the following works. Famously, bly traveled across the world in 72 days. Jan 17, 2017 in 1887, nellie bly had herself committed to the notorious blackwells island insane asylum in new york city with the goal of discovering what life was like for its patients. Around the world in seventytwo days six months in mexico ten days in a madhouse. Inspired by jules vernes book around the world in eighty days, bly proposed to her newspaper editor that she undertake a similar adventure. Nellie bly is the pen name of the american investigative newspaper reporter elizabeth cochrane seaman 18641922. Ten days in a madhouse nellie bly 1864 1922 in 1887 nellie bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an investigative journalist and stunt reporter, had herself committed to the blackwells island insane asylum in. May 14, 2014 nellie bly, the latenineteenthcentury newspaper reporter, was, at one time, on the tip of every literate and tabloidloving persons tongue. Matthew goodman is the author of two other nonfiction books, the sun and the moon. Jan 25, 2016 nellie bly in a photo dated soon after her return from her trip around the world. 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.
Eighty days was a fascinating account of two womens race around the world, that of nellie bly and elizabeth bisland. A biography of nellie blys life with excellent images from the different countries that she visited on her aroundtheworld trip. Ten days in a madhouse, around the world in seventytwo days and more nellie bly. Suitcases from a state hospital attic darby penney. Nellie bly was celebrated as she traveled on her final leg through america, returning on jan. Book version of blys twopart series in the new york world describing her 10 days as an incarcerate at the womens lunatic asylum on blackwells island as an undercover assignment for the newspaper, her first. A brilliant book an i highly recommend that you read it.
In this volume she chronicles her journey around the world where she broke the fictitious record of jules vernes phileas fogg, making the trip in 72 days. The animated doodle is a tribute to the pioneering reporter and. Around the world in seventytwo days by nellie bly, paperback. Also departing from new york that dayand heading in the opposite direction by trainwas a young journalist from the cosmopolitan magazine, elizabeth bisland. Nellie bly was the pen name of elizabeth jane cochrane who was an american journalist. A tireless crusader, nellie exposes corruption amongst the rich and miserable working conditions amongst the. American journalist nellie bly, born elizabeth jane cochran, is arguably best known today for spending ten days in. One of her more famous undertakings was a recordsetting 72day trip around the world, based on the jules verne character phileas fogg from around the world in eighty days. While there, bly experienced firsthand the shocking abuse and neglect of its inmates, from inedible food to horrifyingly unsanitary conditions. What nellie bly exposed at blackwells asylum, and why its. She was a writer, journalist, inventor, industrialist, and charity worker. She remains notable for two feats a recordbreaking trip around the world in emulation of jules vernes character phileas fogg, and an expose in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within. Around the world in seventytwo days by nellie bly free at. Nellie blys lessons in writing what you want to the new.
Around the world in seventytwo days 1890 was a great popular success, and the name nellie bly became a synonym for a female star reporter. Nellie bly, born elizabeth cochran in 1864, is possibly the most wellknown female name in journalism. Nellie bly books list of books by author nellie bly. The chronicle details her 72day trip around the world, which was inspired by the 1873 book around the world in eighty days by jules verne. The nellie bly amusement park in brooklyn, new york city, was named after her, taking as its theme around the world in eighty days. In the fall of 1888, nellie bly a young, undercover reporter pitched a story to her editorthat she would try to go around the world in eighty days or less.
In this tv movie, linda purl stars as nellie bly, famed 19thcentury female journalist. Ten days in a madhouse wikisource, the free online library. The book comprised bly s reportage for the new york world while on an undercover assignment in which she feigned insanity to investigate reports of brutality and neglect at the womens lunatic asylum on blackwells. In this role, she was generally known by her real and married nameelizabeth cochrane seaman. She was inducted as a part of the expert team launched to better the conditions prevailing at the asylum. The park reopened in 2007 65 under new management, renamed adventurers amusement park.
Elizabeth jane cochrannellie bly was the pseudonym of elizabeth cochrane seaman, a new york journalist whose muckraking made her a 19thcentury celebrity. Nellie bly has 26 books on goodreads with 35184 ratings. A victim of personal hardship growing up, nellie bly specialized in stories of the downtrodden, especially indigent women and children. Vividly imagined and gorgeously detailed, eighty days recounts the exhilarating journey of two pioneering women, nellie bly and elizabeth bisland, as they race around the globe. Ten days in a mad house by nellie bly november 22,2015. Trying to be a servant, and nellie bly as a white slave. Nellie bly book version of bly s twopart series in the new york world describing her 10 days as an incarcerate at the womens lunatic asylum on blackwells island as an undercover assignment for the newspaper, her first. Nellie blys ten days in a madhouse undercover reporting. While she was working for a newspaper in new york city she was given an undercover assignment to feign insanity and allow herself to be committed to the womens lunatic asylum on blackwells island in order to write an expose of the inhumane way the women. It was no mere armchair observation, because bly got herself committed to blackwells and wrote a shocking expose called ten days in a madhouse. How nellie bly posed as insane in 1887 in her brave expose of asylum abuse a timeless and sobering reminder that the true measure of power is not how deftly we can assert our authority but how much kindness and compassion we can show others in their greatest moments of vulnerability.
She was born in may of 1864 and died in january 1922. Aug 22, 2016 nellie bly was born elizabeth jane cochran, in cochrans mills near presentday pittsburgh. See all books authored by nellie bly, including ten days in a madhouse, and around the world in 72 days, and more on. Buy a cheap copy of ten days in a madhouse book by nellie bly. In 1887, nellie bly had herself committed to the notorious blackwells island insane asylum in new york city with the goal of discovering what life was like for its patients. Nellie bly biography facts, childhood, family life. In this book, the daredevil reporter, nellie bly, recounts her reallife voyage where she set the world record for the fastest trip across. Nellie bly may 5, 18641 january 27, 1922 was a pioneer woman in journalism. Librivox recording of around the world in seventytwo days by nellie bly. Although the story of nellie bly going undercover in an asylum is truth, it reads as fiction.
Feigning insanity in order to reveal asylum horrors the mystery of central park nellie bly may 5, 1864 january 27, 1922 was the pen name of american. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Matthew goodman has crafted a fun, fast, pageturning actionadventure that will make you wish you could carry their bags. List of books and articles about nellie bly elizabeth. Apr 26, 2016 nellie bly, born elizabeth cochran in 1864, is possibly the most wellknown female name in journalism. The woman who went around the world in 80 daysin 1889. It was initially published as a series of articles for the new york world. Nellie bly in a photo dated soon after her return from her trip around the world. Nellie bly, the latenineteenthcentury newspaper reporter, was, at one time, on the tip of every literate and tabloidloving persons tongue.
Nellie blys lessons in writing what you want to the new yorker. Apr 27, 2012 ten days in a madhouse is a book written by newspaper reporter nellie bly and published by ian l. Nellie bly may 5, 18641 january 27, 1922 was the pen name of american pioneer female journalist elizabeth jane cochran. Bly even went out of her way to meet with verne in amiens, france, where the author wished her good luck. Watch around the world in 72 days american experience. Learn more about nellie bly and school programs and. She carried out the journey for joseph pulitzers tabloid newspaper, the new york world. Published in 1890 under the pseudonym nellie bly, around the world in seventytwo days is the true account by journalist elizabeth jane cochran of her daring trip around the world. Blys extraordinary life of reporting and adventure, illustrated. Oct 15, 2015 around the world in seventytwo days by. Around the world in seventytwo days is an 1890 book by journalist elizabeth jane cochrane, writing under her pseudonym, nellie bly. Ten days in a madhouse is a book by newspaper reporter nellie bly. Ten days in a madhouse by nellie bly at a celebration of women writers.
Nellie bly and elizabeth bislands historymaking race around the world ebook. 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. Mar 19, 20 nellie bly pen name for elizabeth jane cochrane was an american journalist who lived around 1864 1922. Ten days in a madhouse was a raging success and brought nellie bly immense fame and recognition as a writer and civil rights activist. The remarkable true account of hoaxers, showmen, dueling journalists, and lunar manbats in nineteenthcentury new york, 2008, etc. The animated doodle is a tribute to the pioneering reporter and activist, who spent her life and career defending the. In the fall of 1888, nellie bly a young, undercover reporter pitched a story to her editorthat she would try to go around the world in eighty days or. Aug 28, 20 in the fall of 1888, nellie bly a young, undercover reporter pitched a story to her editorthat she would try to go around the world in eighty days or less.
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The remarkable true account of hoaxers, showmen, dueling journalists. Nellie bly was the pen name of a fearless young reporter in new york city in the 1880s when she deliberately got herself committed to the womens lunatic asylum on infamous blackwells island to create a clandestine report on the horrible conditions there. How to pack like pioneering journalist nellie bly, who. On january 25, 1890, the world waited for a young reporter named nellie bly to arrive back home. For 72 days, as she jumped cargo ships, trains, tugboats, and rickshaws. Nellie bly s book around the world in seventytwo days language. She expressed interest in writing a story on the immigrant experience in the united states. In 1887, nellie bly stormed into the office of the new york world, one of the leading newspapers in the country.
Ten days in a madhouse, around the world in seventytwo days and more. Ten days in a madhouse, published with miscellaneous sketches. Determined not to be outdone by pulitzer, cosmopolitan magazine commissioned bisland, who set out one day later, to race against both bly and time in an effort to cross the figurative finish line first. The idea was to outdo the fictional character phileas foggs eighty day journey around the world, an idea that bly had been pressing to the world, the paper in which she worked. Around the world in seventytwo days by nellie bly free. Books by nellie bly author of ten days in a madhouse. This is a true account by an american woman journalist who, in 1889, set out to see whether she could beat the fictional journey in jules vernes 1873 novel, around the world in eighty days. Ten days in a madhouse is bly s expose of the asylum.
Elizabeth cochran seaman born elizabeth jane cochran. Elizabeth jane cochrane, dite nellie bly, nee le 5 mai 1864 a cochrans mills dans le comte. Ten days in a madhouse, describing new york city s most notorious mental institution, were written by journalist nellie bly in 1887. National bestseller on november 14, 1889, nellie bly, the crusading young female reporter for joseph pulitzers world newspaper, left new york city by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world. What nellie bly exposed at blackwells asylum, and why it. The most comprehensive biography of nellie blys life. Around the world in seventytwo days nellie bly audiobook.
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