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         NELLIE BLY
NAME: Nellie Bly (Other known as Elizabeth Jane Cochran)
She was a famous Journalist and went undercover at a Mental Health Asylum for 10 days.
She was born in May 5, 1864
Sadly died in January 27, 1922
       CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION
Nellie Bly was born in May 5, 1864 in Cochrans Mill, Pennsylvania
Her nickname was Pink
6 year old Nellie Bly's father passed unexpectedly without a willÂ
They weren't able to maintain the land and their house.
Nellie Bly and her family grew up in Cochrans Mill, Pennsylvania which was owned by her father, Judge Micheal Cochran. Nellie Bly´s family was rich, but her father had all the money so they are now poor without their fathers willÂ
In 1880, Nellie Bly and her family of 15 moved to Allegheny City, Pennsylvania which was later on annexed by the City of Pittsburgh
When Nellie Bly was 15, she enrolled in Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She later had to drop out because of very little money, she also had to help out her mother at home.
                     ACCOMPLISHMENTS
She was the most famous American woman reporter in the 1800 ´ s for investigating at an Insane Health Asylum and improvements of treatment of the mentally ill.
She has also traveled around the world such as, France, England and a lot more just in 72 days in 1889. (Which brought her even more fame.)
Nellie Bly went through England, France, Amiens, Brindisi in southern Italy, the Suez Canal, Colombo in Ceylon, the Straits Settlements of Penang and Singapore on the Malay Peninsula, Hong Kong, and Japan to document on in just 72 days.
She helped make it easier for women in journalism.
In 1887, she went to an insane health asylum for 10 days straight and witnessed abuse and neglect-ion.
In 1988 she won the National Women Hall Of Fame award.
She invented the oil drums in 1905.
She also invented stack-able garbage cans in 1902.
   HER LATER YEARS
Nellie Bly later on went back to being a journalist.
As World War I against Europe, Nellie Bly still gave information on bad issues that happened to women on journalism.
As she was still a writer, she sadly passed on January 27, 1922 due to pneumonia.
She passed away in St. Marks Hospital, New York City, at age 57. Her body now lies at, Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.
She toured America as a lecturer.
Nellie
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Strong, brave, courageous, and independent
Wife of Robert Seaman, (daughter of Mary Jane Cochran)
Who loved investigative journalism and international travel
Who hated abuse, torture, and unfairnessÂ
Who feared unsafe working conditions, poor and long wages
Who discovered abuse and neglect in a mental health asylum
Who wanted to see what happens in a mental health asylum
Born in Pennsylvania and lived in New York
Bly
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