Episode 39: Elizabeth Cochran aka Nellie Bly

Breakfast with Mom

Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom. Today I want to tell you about a female journalist from the mid- 19th century.
Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Jane Cochran on May 5, 1864, in Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania to Michael Cochran and Mary Jane Kennedy. She was one of 15 children in her family, and her father was a wealthy landowner and businessman. Bly attended boarding school for a time but had to return home due to financial difficulties after her father's death.

She became one of the most influential journalists and social reformers of her time. Her career was marked by daring investigative reporting and a fierce commitment to exposing social injustices.

Early in her career, Nellie adopted the pen name "Nellie Bly" after a popular Stephen Foster song. Her journalism journey began in 1885 when she wrote a fiery letter to the editor of the Pittsburgh Dispatch in response to an article titled "What Girls Are Good For."
Resources:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106/nellie-bly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/nellie-bly-0

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nellie-Bly

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/11/nellie-bly-blackwells-island/

https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/elizabeth-jane-cochran/

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