bly, nellie

Introduces the life of Nellie Bly who, as a "stunt reporter" for the New York World newspaper in the late 1800s, championed women's rights and traveled around the world faster than anyone ever had.

A photo-illustrated biography of American journalist, author, industrialist, and charity worker Nellie Bly.

Traces the life and achievements of the reporter/reformer who pursued a career in journalism at a time when such a career was not proper for a woman.

Challenged with circling the world at the end of the nineteenth century, three very different adventurers--avid bicyclist Thomas Stevens, fearless reporter Nellie Bly, and retired sea captain Joshua Slocum--embark on epic journeys.

Provides a brief introduction to Nellie Bly, the most famous woman newspaper journalist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

A biography of the woman whose expos? of the insane asylums in New York City in the late 1800s was the beginning of her journalistic career.