Nellie Bly

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Nellie Bly was a pioneering American journalist and investigative reporter famed for her undercover exposés and record-setting trip around the world in 72 days.

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instanceOf feminist
human
investigative reporter
journalist
suffragist
writer
alsoKnownAs Elizabeth Cochran Seaman
Elizabeth Jane Cochrane
birthName Elizabeth Jane Cochran
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
surface form: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1864-05-05
dateOfDeath 1922-01-27
dateOfMarriage 1895
educatedAt Indiana University of Pennsylvania
surface form: Indiana Normal School (Indiana University of Pennsylvania predecessor)
employer New York World
Pittsburgh Dispatch
ethnicGroup Irish American
fieldOfWork investigative journalism
muckraking
gender female
hasInfluenced investigative reporting practices
women in journalism
inspiredBy Around the World in Seventy-Two Days
surface form: Around the World in Eighty Days
knownFor exposé of conditions at Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum
record-setting trip around the world in 72 days
undercover investigative journalism
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableAchievement helped prompt reforms in mental health institutions
one of the first female investigative reporters in the United States
notableWork Around the World in Seventy-Two Days
Six Months in Mexico
Ten Days in a Mad-House
occupation journalist
reporter
writer
placeOfBirth Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
pseudonym Nellie Bly
publisherOf New York World
surface form: The New York World (travel series)
residence New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
spouse Robert Seaman
subjectOf biographies about Nellie Bly
tripDuration 72 days
tripEndDate 1890-01-25
tripStartDate 1889-11-14

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New York World employed Nellie Bly
New York World notableJournalist Nellie Bly
Nellie Bly pseudonym Nellie Bly