Following Nellie Bly: Her Record-Breaking Race Around the World Brown Rosemary J.
Following Nellie Bly: Her Record-Breaking Race Around the World Brown Rosemary J. Intrepid journalist Nellie Bly raced through a 'man's world' -- alone and literally with just the clothes on her back…
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Following Nellie Bly: Her Record-Breaking Race Around the World Brown Rosemary J.
Intrepid journalist Nellie Bly raced through a 'man's world' -- alone and literally with just the clothes on her back -- to beat the fictional record set by Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days. Although best known for her record-breaking journey, even more importantly Nellie Bly pioneered investigative journalism and paved the way for women in the newsroom. She won the race on 25 January 1890, covering 21,740 miles by ocean liner and train in 72 days, and became a global celebrity.
Her steadfast conviction that 'nothing is impossible' makes the world she circled a better place.Adventurer, journalist and author, Rosemary J Brown, set off 125 years later to retrace Nellie Bly's footsteps in an expedition registered with the Royal Throughout her career, Bly's reportage gave voices to vulnerable people and challenged oppression wherever she found it.