Photo: American journalist Nellie Bly, in a publicity photo for her around-the-world voyage, 1890. Credit: New York Public Library Archives; Wikimedia Commons.

Nellie Bly Raced to Set Around-the-World Record in 1889

By Tony Pettinato on November 14, 2019

An article about Nellie Bly racing around the world in 1889-90 to beat Jules Verne’s record in the 1873 novel “Around the World in Eighty Days.”.. (Read More)

Remembering Intrepid Nellie Bly, World War I Reporter

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on May 18, 2017

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega describes the World War I reporting by pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly... (Read More)

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