This biography written by Sue Macy chronicles the life of Nellie Bly whose real name was Elizabeth Jane Cochran. Nellie Bly begins her life in Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania in 1864. By sheer determination she goes on to become one of the most influential newspaper reporters blazing the trail for women in a male dominated field. On her journey as a reporter she travels to Mexico and later tours the world in 75 days, something unheard of for a woman to do much less alone. Many of her stories improved living and working conditions for women like the piece she wrote after she went undercover and had herself committed to the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island in New York. At the time of her death in 1922Arthur Brisbane her boss and longtime friend wrote, "Nellie Bly was THE BEST REPORTER IN AMERICA."
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Bylines: A Photobiography of Nellie Bly
This biography written by Sue Macy chronicles the life of Nellie Bly whose real name was Elizabeth Jane Cochran. Nellie Bly begins her life in Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania in 1864. By sheer determination she goes on to become one of the most influential newspaper reporters blazing the trail for women in a male dominated field. On her journey as a reporter she travels to Mexico and later tours the world in 75 days, something unheard of for a woman to do much less alone. Many of her stories improved living and working conditions for women like the piece she wrote after she went undercover and had herself committed to the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island in New York. At the time of her death in 1922Arthur Brisbane her boss and longtime friend wrote, "Nellie Bly was THE BEST REPORTER IN AMERICA."
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