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Polly Pry timeline
a timeline of Polly pry life -
Birth
Leonel Ross Campbell was born who is nicknamed nell -
Mexico
Nell eloped to Mexico with my new husband Gorge Anthoney -
The New York World
Nell left Mexico and went to New York to work at the New York World a newspaper station where she got her pen name Polly Pry -
The Denver post
Nell got a job at the Denver post as there first women writer -
Colorado Canabal
Polly Pry's most famous story was Colorado Cannibal, an article about Alfred Packer who's companions had died in the mountains, and he had eaten to keep from starving. She became convinced that he was innocent because Sailors were legally allowed to eat people if they were lost at sea. Shouldn't people lost in the mountains be able to do that too? Polly and her bosses held a court case and won. As for Packer he spent the rest of his life as a vegetarian. -
The Polly Pry
Polly Pry started her own newspaper called the Polly Pry which lasted for 3 year then had to sell. -
Death
Polly pry dies in a hospital bed against the nurses' wishes saying "I must be up and...".She sadly passed away before she could finish the sentance.