Författare nellie
Biografi om Nellie Bly, undersökande journalist, världsresenär
Reportern känd som Nellie Bly föddes som Elizabeth Jane Cochran i Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania, där hennes far var bruksägare och länsdomare. Hennes mamma kom från en rik Pittsburgh-familj. "Pink", som hon var känd i barndomen, var den yngsta av 13 (eller 15, enligt andra källor) av hennes fars barn från båda hans äktenskap; Pink tävlade om att hänga med sina fem äldre bröder.
Snabbfakta: Nellie Bly
- Även känd som: Elizabeth Jane Cochran (födelsenamn), Elizabeth Cochrane (en stavning hon antog), Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (gift namn), Elizabeth Seaman, Nelly Bly, Pink Cochran (smeknamn från barndomen)
- Yrke: journalist, författare
- Känd för: undersökande rapportering och sensationell journalistik, särskilt hennes engagemang för ett sinnessjukhus och hennes stunt runt om i världen
- Född: 5 maj i Cochrans Mills, Pennsylvania
- Föräldrar: Mary Jane Kennedy Cummings och Michael Cochran
- Död: 27 januari i New York
- Maka: Robert Livingston Seaman (gift 5 april , när han var 70; miljonär industriman)
- Barn: inga från hennes äktenskap, men adopterade ett barn när hon var 57
- Utbildning: Indiana
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days - pocket, Engelska,
“She was part of the ‘stunt girl’ movement that was very important in the s and s as these big, mass-circulation yellow journalism papper came into the fore.” –Brooke Kroeger Around the World in Seventy-Two Days () fryst vatten a travel narrative bygd American investigative journalist Nellie Bly. Proposed as a recreation of the journey undertaken bygd Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days (), Bly’s journey was covered in namn Pulitzer’s popular newspaper the New York World, inspiring countless others to attempt to surpass her record. At the time, readers at home were encouraged to estimate the hour and day of Bly’s arrival, and a popular board game was released in commemoration of her undertaking. Embarking from Hoboken, noted investigative journalist Nellie Bly began a voyage that would take her around the globe. Bringing only a change of clothes, money, and a small travel bag, Bly travelled bygd steamship and train through England, France—where she met Jules Verne—Italy, the Suez Canal, Ceylon, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. Sending progress reports via telegraph, she made small re
Women in Journalism - The Best of Nellie Bly - pocket, Engelska,
Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (), also known as Nellie Bly, was an American industrialist, journalist, charity worker, and inventor most famous for her day trip around the world in the footsteps of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg. She is also remembered for her expos working undercover in a mental institute, which led to a new style of investigative journalism. This brand new volume contains all of Seaman's best works, including: "Ten Days in a Mad-House", "Trying to be a Servant", "Nellie Bly as a White Slave", "Six Months in Mexico", and "Around the World in Seventy-Two Days". A fantastic collection of classic journalistic works not to be missed by fans and collectors of Seaman's writings. Brilliant Women - Read & Co. is publishing this brand new collection of classic works now complete with an introductory biography by Frances E. Willard and Mary A. Livermore.