Nellie Bly鈥檚 life and journalism in comics and the adaptations of Ten Days in a Mad-HouseManuel Carvalho Coutinho
“I wanted to be Nellie Bly my whole life,” says Bernice Kanner, senior editor at New York magazine. “When she faked insanity and had to stay in the madhouse for weeks until her boss came to get her, when she had to bathe in dirty water used by all the inmates. That is the sha...
A real-life hero, Nellie Bly’s expose was the first of its kind in America and inspired the global reformation of mental health care. “Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story” is executive produced by Howard Braunstein along with Ricci of Grey Team Productions. Michael Tive, David Sig...
Because of her smoked glasses, and her blank expression, I couldn't tell what Frankie thought. She just folded her fee from Placido and slid the bills into the pocket of her leather trousers. Then she sat back in her chair. Two tables away, Nellie Bly furiously scribbled on her pad. On...
Nellie Bly (1864—1922)was a journalist.In 1887,she wrote a story about hidden problems at a mental hospital.She disguised herself as a patient at the hospital.Then she wrote an alarming six-part report.The story made Bly well-known.It also led the way for other w...
Nellie Bly Comes to Life at Geneva LibraryByline: Dave Heun Daily Herald CorrespondentHeun, Dave
Nellie Bly Comes to Life at LibraryByline: Dave Heun Daily Herald CorrespondentHeun, Dave
It was for theDispatchthat she began using the pen name “Nellie Bly,” borrowed from a popularStephen Fostersong. Her first articles, on conditions among working girls inPittsburgh, slum life, and other similar topics, marked her as a reporter ofingenuityand concern. At a time when a woman...