A young journalist looks behind the curtain of a nearby mental hospital, only to uncover the grim and gruesome acts they bestow upon their "patients". "Nellie Bly" by Stephen Foster Performed by Brett Kroeger. She remains notable for two feats: a record-breaking trip around the world in emulation of Jules Verne's character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within. Nellie Bly! Career First Reporting Job. Nellie Bly was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, a New York journalist whose muckraking made her a 19th-century celebrity. With Christina Ricci, Judith Light, Josh Bowman, Anja Savcic. Bring de broom along, We'll sweep the kitchen clean, my dear, and hab a little song. Wehrhahn earlier had moved on to become superintendent of Pressed Steel Tank Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by 1912.
Directed by Karen Moncrieff. I remember going to the Wetsons burger place at the old Nellie Bly location (now Wendy’s), and loving it – until one day, a rat ran out of the construction site where they were building the bank next door (now Starbucks (ick)) and across our table and across my food. Nellie Bly was an American journalist whose real name was Elizabeth Jane Cochrane. Nellie Bly was in Austria looking for financial backers when World War I began. She used the name ‘Nellie Bly’ for her newspaper articles so that people who read her articles would not know her real name. While in Pittsburgh, the young Nellie came across an article in the Pittsburgh Dispatch titled What Girls Are Good For.The article dismissed women’s qualifications, suggesting that their roles were taking care of the house and the children. I grew up with my parents and grandparents taking us to Nellie Bly.
"Nellie Bly" was the pseudonym used by Elizabeth Jane Cochran (1864-1922) during her pioneering career as an investigative reporter. Nelly Bly! Bly’s mother moved her family to Pittsburgh in 1880.
It was a magical place for a kid. Nellie also became famous for travelling around the world in … Nellie Bly was the pen name of American pioneer female journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochran. A victim of personal hardship growing up, Nellie Bly specialized in stories of the downtrodden, especially indigent women and children.