Nellie Bly

[thehoff]

http://www.biography.com/people/nellie-bly-9216680

[bazzargh]

I'd dug out a link to Nellie Bly's interview with Susan B Anthony (mentioned in the article) as a source for wikiquote, if anyone's interested: http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2011/New%20York%20NY%20Wo...

Fulton History have quite a large archive for the NY World, but finding things in it...good luck. I had a less detailed reference to go on that narrowed it down to a year and a section of the paper (fortunately, a weekly supplement), and had to search page by page after that.

[siruva07]

As a kid, I remember my grandfather taking me often to Nellie Bly Amusement Park in Brooklyn, NY. Now renamed "Adventurer's Park"

https://jimvid.smugmug.com/Amusement-Park/Nellie-Bly-Amuseme...

As in the words of the late paul harvey, "and know you know the rest of the story"

thank you

[borski → siruva07]

Precisely. I used to come here as a kid, and watching this video made me nostalgic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxiD9rSzEcU

I never knew all of the details about Nellie Bly's life, and I thought the park was dilapidated and gone, but apparently they restored it under a new name and new management.

I'm glad I now know more about Nellie Bly, a name I had forgotten from my childhood.

[echoudhry → siruva07]

Me too! I actually lived not too far from there for some time in Brooklyn

[sgarrity]

A friend and (and client) produces a podcast about medial issues for general audiences and covered Nelly Bly with a personal twist in a recent episode: http://www.wonthurtabit.com/episodes/2015/10/19/3-voices-and...

[A_Beer_Clinked]

I first heard about Nellie Bly via the early West Wing episode. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0745595/quotes?item=qt0297998

I hadn't realised that she had also done a Jules Verne around the world.

[robodale]

I learned about her on the tv show "Drunk History"