+ Nellie Bly Tamar Skaist. + Early Life Born 1864 as Elizabeth Cochran in Cochran, Pa The 13 th of 15 children At 15 attended school to become a teacher.

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+ Nellie Bly Tamar Skaist

+ Early Life Born 1864 as Elizabeth Cochran in Cochran, Pa The 13 th of 15 children At 15 attended school to become a teacher but could not afford to finish

+ Beginning her Career Moved to Pittsburgh Ran a boarding house Wrote for Pittsburgh Dispatch Responded to an article, “What Girls are Good For” Pen name was Nellie Bly 1 st woman reporter Foreign correspondent in Mexico

+ Later Career and Life Moved to New York Wrote for Pulitzer’s New York World Investigated an insane asylum, Blackwell’s Island. First investigative reporting Traveled around the world in 72 days 16 year hiatus from reporting Helped run industrialist husband’s company and later took over Died in 1922

+ Works Cited Lavelle, Mathew. "Elizabeth Cochrane - Nellie Bly." Pa Book, Web. 16 Mar "National Women's History Museum." National Women's History Museum, n.d. Web. 16 Mar "Nellie Bly." PBS, n.d. Web. 14 Mar