Bly published one novel in her lifetime: 1889’s The Mystery of Central Park. Says Blixt, “She wrote 11 more for a serial weekly newspaper published by her publisher, Norman Munro , whose ...

Nellie Bly returned to the train station at Liberty State Park in Jersey City on Jan. 25, 1890.

Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Jane Cochran in 1864, was a pioneering American journalist, inventor, and adventurer. Best known for her groundbreaking investigative journalism, Bly once feigned ...

Nellie Bly didn’t return to journalism until much later in her life, when she covered the eastern front during World War I, according to Kroeger’s book. She died of pneumonia in 1922 at age 57.

A new monument honoring a female icon is opening on Roosevelt Island on Friday. December 10. The Girl Puzzle Monument will honor investigative journalist Nellie Bly, who made history in this exact ...

On Nov. 14, 1889 — 135 years ago today — the world’s most famous female journalist – Nellie Bly of the New York World – set out to see if she could beat a fictional around-the-world ...

On Saturday, Lifetime aired Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly story. Christina Ricci played the 19th century reporter who went undercover in an mental institution.

Although the corporation has yet to decide on a location for the memorial, it is considering four sites by the Octagon, the site of the former asylum, and Lighthouse Park, a 3.78-acre space at the ...

Nellie Bly's Madhouse expose amazed and shocked New Yorkers. It started as a dare. "New York World" managing editor John Cockerill suggested an outlandish stunt designed to attract readers, while ...