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Do Go On


194 - Race Around The World with Nellie Bly (and other adventures)

July 09, 2019

Nellie Bly was an all round bad ass! Investigative journalist who went under cover, then travelled around the world in 72 days to prove it could be done. All by the time she was 26.

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References and further reading:
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/nellie-bly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Days_in_a_Mad-House
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/how-nellie-bly-went-undercover-to-expose-abuse-of-the-mentally-ill
https://www.biography.com/news/inside-nelly-bly-10-days-madhouse
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