Nellie Bly By mickey7 May 5, 1864 Born Oct 23, 1870 Father Dies Oct 23, 1879 Enrolls at Indiana State Normal School Oct 23, 1880 Family moves to Pittsburg Jan 1, 1885 Marries Robert Livingston Seaman Oct 23, 1885 Hired at Pittsburg Dispatch Takes pen name "Nellie Bly" Sep 22, 1887 World asks if she'd go into a New York Assylum Oct 23, 1887 Ten Days in a Mad-House appears in New York World Period: Nov 14, 1889 to Jan 25, 1890 Travels around the world Travles 21,740 miles in 72 days Jul 11, 1894 Reports on the Pullman Strike for the New York World Mar 11, 1904 Robert Seaman Dies becomes owner of iron clad manufacturing Jan 27, 1922 Died age 57