Elizabeth Jane Cochrane

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feminist human industrialist investigative journalist journalist philanthropist suffragist travel writer

Elizabeth Jane Cochrane, better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was a pioneering American journalist famed for her undercover investigative reporting and record-setting trip around the world in the late 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feminist ⓘ
human ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
investigative journalist ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
suffragist ⓘ
travel writer ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1864-05-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1922-01-27 ⓘ
employer New York Evening Journal ⓘ
New York World ⓘ
Pittsburgh Dispatch ⓘ
era Gilded Age ⓘ
familyName Cochran ⓘ
givenName Elizabeth ⓘ
hasPenName Nellie Bly ⓘ
inspiredBy Around the World in 80 Days ⓘ
surface form: Around the World in Eighty Days
knownFor advocacy for women and the poor ⓘ
exposé of conditions at Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum ⓘ
record-setting trip around the world in 72 days ⓘ
undercover investigative journalism ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
maritalStatus widow ⓘ
nameInNativeLanguage Elizabeth Jane Cochran ⓘ
notableWork Around the World in Seventy-Two Days ⓘ
Six Months in Mexico ⓘ
Ten Days in a Mad-House ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
reporter ⓘ
writer ⓘ
owned Iron Clad Manufacturing Company ⓘ
patentHolderOf improved milk can ⓘ
stacking garbage can ⓘ
placeOfBirth Armstrong County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Cochran’s Mills, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania

United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
religion Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence New York City ⓘ
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Robert Seaman ⓘ
traveledAroundWorldInDays 72 ⓘ
traveledTo Blackwell's Island ⓘ
surface form: Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum

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Nellie Bly → alsoKnownAs → Elizabeth Jane Cochrane ⓘ