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... She was Elizabeth Cochrane, or as many know her, Nellie Bly. ... After getting several suggestions from workers at the paper, he chose Nellie Bly; the character in the song “Nellie Bly” which was written by a man named Stephen Foster.
Bly’s journalistic style was marked by her “stunt reporting. ... Bly paved the way to great journalism as the first to go “behind the scenes” to expose society’s ills.
On a dare from the editor of the “World”, Nellie went masquerading as a madwoman, committed herself, and spent ten days in the notorious womens mental asylum, on New York City’s “Blackwells Island. ... ” Bly discovered that patients were fed “vermin-infested food” and were physically abused by the staff. ... The mistreatment of patients was shown in the front pages of the New York World and her daring stunt propelled Bly into the limelight of New York journalism, and she became a very famous writer throughout New York. ...
Nellie was revered for her hard-hitting style, and earned the respect and admiration of her newspaper colleagues. ...
Bly retired form journalism, after marrying millionaire Robert Seaman in 1895. ... Following his death, Nellie focused her efforts into running her late husband’s company “The Iron Clad Manufacturing Company. ...
In 1914, Nellie went to Europe, just in time for World War I.
Approximate Word count = 1089
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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