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Elizabeth Jane Cochran is born
Elizabeth was born in Cochran Mills, a mill owened by her father Michael Cochran. -
Elizabeth enrolls in college
Elizabeth enrolls in college at Indiana State Normal School, Indiana, PA
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First Job as a Reporter
Elizabeth is hired by The Pittsburgh Dispatch and takes the Pseudonym Nellie Bly after the song "Nelly Bly" by Stephen Foster.
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First Newspaper Article
Nellie writes her first article "The Girl Puzzle." about the rights of women and the injustices of poverty.
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New Job
Nellie Bly moved to New York and got a new job working for The World, a newspaper that was soon known for reporting on "Yellow Journalism."
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Ten Days in a Madhouse
Nellie's famous undercover trip into the Blackwell's island insane asylum. Her goal was to uncover the deplorable living conditions, and terrible treatments from the staff.
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Departure
Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland left New York to begin their trip around the world. -
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days
Nellie Bly's book "Around the World in Seventy-Two Days" is published.
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Arrival
Nellie returned home after 72 days of traveling all the way around the world and beating the record! After she returned, she wrote a book "Around the World in 72 Days." -
Marriage
Nellie Bly marries Robert Livingston Seaman
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Nellie Bly Dies
Famous investigative journlist Nellie Bly dies of pneumonia.
