Ten days a madwoman : the daring life and turbulent times of the original "girl" reporter, Nellie Bly / Deborah Noyes.
2016
PN4874.C59 N65 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
Ten days a madwoman : the daring life and turbulent times of the original "girl" reporter, Nellie Bly / Deborah Noyes.
Author
Noyes, Deborah, author.
ISBN
9780803740174 (hardback)
0803740174 (hardback)
9780147508744 (paperback)
0147508746 (paperback)
0803740174 (hardback)
9780147508744 (paperback)
0147508746 (paperback)
Published
New York, New York : Viking, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Language Note
Text in English.
Description
136 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Call Number
PN4874.C59 N65 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
070.92 B
Summary
Young Nellie Bly had ambitious goals, especially for a woman at the end of the nineteenth century, when the few female journalists were relegated to writing columns about cleaning or fashion. But fresh off a train from Pittsburgh, Nellie knew she was destined for more and pulled a major journalistic stunt that skyrocketed her to fame: feigning insanity, being committed to the notorious asylum on Blackwell's Island, and writing a shocking exposé of the clinic's horrific treatment of its patients. Nellie Bly became a household name as the world followed her enthralling career in "stunt" journalism that raised awareness of political corruption, poverty, and abuses of human rights. Leading an uncommonly full life, Nellie circled the globe in a record seventy-two days and brought home a pet monkey before marrying an aged millionaire and running his company after his death.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130) and index.
Audience
Ages 10 and up.
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Table of Contents
The gods of Gotham
More than anyone would believe
Strange ambition
You won't get out in a hurry
Into the madhouse
She who enters here
After an item
Stunts and more stunts
Around the world
Sightseeing (and other inconveniences)
Father Time outdone
Industries of magnitude
Good fights well fought.
More than anyone would believe
Strange ambition
You won't get out in a hurry
Into the madhouse
She who enters here
After an item
Stunts and more stunts
Around the world
Sightseeing (and other inconveniences)
Father Time outdone
Industries of magnitude
Good fights well fought.