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Elizabeth Jane Cochan's birth
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The PIttsburgh Dispatch, newspaper company published this article, which infuriated Cochran. She wrote a scathing letter to the company about the article; it surprised the editor, George Madden. After, she proceeded to write a sample article entitled, "The Girl Puzzle" for Madden. He was so impress that she eventually landed a job working for the Dispatch.
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Nellie Bly exposes a scheme where needy girls who seek employment are robbed of the money and time. The bosses don't teach them their jobs, so when production isn't met, the girl do not get payed as well as lashed for not doing the work correctly.
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Nellie writes about her experience when she admitted herself as an insane patient to the Blackwell Asylum.
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Nellie Bly travels to Mexico for six months to investigate the lives and customs of the people there. She writes a book on her experience.
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Nellie Bly visits a doctor who was accused of not being trained and experimented on his patients.
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Nellie Bly finds out that innocent children were sold into slavery for ten dollars in New York and goes to investigate the issue.
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There is a map in the book that tracks Nellie Bly’s route as she travels during her 72 day trip around the world. She beat Elizabeth Bisland by 8 days. Her route was east bound.
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Nellie Bly created and patented the 55 gallon metal steel drum. It was an innovation that projected the Iron Clad Manufacturing Company she owned from producing milk cans and riveted boilers to a new useful tool. She was promoted as being the only woman in the world personally managing industries at such a high magnitude. The container could transport oil, gasoline, and other precious liquids without contaminating them or having them to leak out.
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Just two years after reviving her writing career, Nellie Bly died from pneumonia in New York City at age 57 years old.
