Circa 1890 Victorian trade card, "Nellie Bly Bids Fogg Good-Bye."
"O Fogg, good bye" said Nellie Bly, "It takes a maiden to be spry, To span the space 'twixt thought and act, And turn a fiction to a fact." Nellie Bly (May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922) was the pen name of American pioneer female journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochran. She remains notable for two feats: a record-breaking trip around the world in emulation of Jules Verne's character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within. In addition to her writing, she was also an industrialist and charity worker.
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