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  2. Nellie Bly - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (born Elizabeth Jane Cochran; May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922), better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and for an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within ...

  3. Ten Days in a Mad-House - Wikipedia

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    Ten Days in a Mad-House is a book by American journalist Nellie Bly. It was initially published as a series of articles for the New York World. Bly later compiled the articles into a book, being published by Norman Munro in New York City in 1887. [1] [2]

  4. Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story - Wikipedia

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    The epilogue reveals that Nellie's work led to sweeping mental health reform, including the closing of the Women's Lunatic Asylum. Nellie continued to work as a journalist until her death in 1922. In 1998, Nellie was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame under her actual name, Elizabeth Jane Cochrane, as "Nellie Bly" is a pen name. [2]

  5. Six Months in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Illustration from the book depicting the Mexican people Six Months in Mexico is a book written by Elizabeth Jane Cochrane under her pen name Nellie Bly about her travels through Mexico around 1885. She took the initiative to work as a foreign correspondent at the age of 21.

  6. Around the World in Seventy-Two Days - Wikipedia

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    Game board illustrating journalist Nellie Bly's circumnavigation of the globe (1889–1890), in the New York World, 26 January 1890. Round the World with Nellie Bly game board. Around the World in Seventy-Two Days is an 1890 book by journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane, writing under her pseudonym, Nellie Bly.

  7. 10 Days in a Madhouse - Wikipedia

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    The film closely follows Bly's original account, and extracts much of the dialogue from Bly's 1880s exposé. [6]In an interview on Los Angeles talk radio, Caroline Barry described Christopher Lambert bringing authenticity to the part of the antagonist Dr. Dent by portraying his motives as misguided good intent rather than evil, adding to the realism of the film.

  8. The Best Horror Books of 2024 (So Far) - AOL

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    All the Fiends of Hell, by Adam L.G. Nevill. Adam Nevill’s stories are full of tight interiors, narrow minds, and entities who slip under a reader’s defenses. In All the Fiends of Hell, he’s ...

  9. The Girl Puzzle - Wikipedia

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    Nellie Bly wrote of the mistreatment of patients at the asylum in a series of articles and then in 1887 had them compiled into a book, Ten Days in a Mad-House. The Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) awarded to Amanda Matthews the project as the result of a widely published open call for artists. [1]