Women in Journalism - The Best of Nellie Bly

Nellie Bly

Description

First published between 1887 and 1890, Women in Journalism – The Best of Nellie Bly is an insightful volume containing all of Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman’s best journalistic works, including the famous exposé, Ten Days in a Mad-House.

Women in Journalism includes the most shocking and captivating reports that Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman wrote during her journalistic career. The pioneering columnist inspired a new era of journalism - girl stunt reporting. Many female journalists began to put themselves in the midst of the action, narrating their experiences in popular novel-like reports. Using this style of writing, Bly puts her readers in the midst of the adventure by providing first-hand accounts of her exploits.

From her time tracing the footsteps of Jules Verne’s fictional character, Phileas Fogg, in Around the World in Seventy-Two Days to her account of real life inside a women’s mental institution in Ten Days in a Mad-House, Bly tackles her work hands-on, focusing on revealing the often horrifying truth to her readers.

This volume encompasses the breadth of Nellie Bly’s journalistic career, with its contents including:

- Elizabeth Cochrane

- Ten Days in a Mad-House

- Trying to Be a Servant

- Nellie Bly as a White Slave

- Six Months in Mexico

- Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

Read & Co. Books has republished Women in Journalism – The Best of Nellie Bly in this beautiful new edition as part of the Brilliant Women series. This imprint celebrates the trailblazing women in history by offering a unique insight into their work and legacies. This volume is not to be missed by collectors of Bly’s work or lovers of immersive travel writing.

Elizabeth Cochrane

1. Ten Days in a Mad-House

2.Trying to Be a Servant

3. Nellie Bly as a White Slave

4. Six Months in Mexico

5. Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

Sujets

• Histoire
• Women
• History

Informations

• Publié par: Read Books Ltd.
• Date de parution: 06 mai 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781528792554
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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WOMEN IN JOURNALISM
THE BEST OF NELLIE BLY
By
NELLIE BLY
WITH A BIOGRAPHY BY FRANCES E. WILLARD AND MARY A. LIVERMORE



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Contents
ELIZAB ETH COCHRANE
By Frances E. Willard and Mary A. Livermore
TEN DAYS IN A MAD-HOUSE
First Published in 1887
CHAPTER I
A DELI CATE MISSION
CHAPTER II
PREPARING FO R THE ORDEAL
CHAPTER III
IN THE TE MPORARY HOME
CHAPTER IV
JUDGE DUFFY AN D THE POLICE
CHAPTER V
PRONO UNCED INSANE
CHAPTER VI
IN BELLE VUE HOSPITAL
CHAPTER VII
THE G OAL IN SIGHT
CHAPTER VIII
INSIDE T HE MAD-HOUSE
CHAPTER IX
AN EXPER T(?) AT WORK
CHAPTER X
MY FIRST SUPPER
CHAPTER XI
IN THE BATH
CHAPTER XII
PROMENADING W ITH LUNATICS
CHAPTER XIII
CHOKING AND BEAT ING PATIENTS
CHAPTER XIV
SOME UNFORTU NATE STORIES
CHAPTER XV
INCIDENTS OF ASYLUM LIFE
CHAPTER XVI
THE L AST GOOD-BYE
CHAPTER XVII
THE GRAND JURY I NVESTIGATION
TRYING TO BE A SERVANT
First published in 1887
MY STRANGE EXPERIENCE AT TWO EMPLOYM ENT AGENCIES
NELLIE BLY AS A WHITE SLAVE
First published in 1887
HER EXPERIENCE IN THE ROLE OF A NEW YORK SHOP-GIRL MAKING PAPER BOXES
SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO
First Published in 1888
CHAPTER I
ADIEU TO THE U NITED STATES
CHAPTER II
EL PA SO DEL NORTE
CHAPTER III
ALO NG THE ROUTE
CHAPTER IV
THE CI TY OF MEXICO
CHAPTER V
IN THE STREE TS OF MEXICO
CHAPTER VI
HOW SUNDAY I S CELEBRATED
CHAPTER VII
A HORSEBACK RIDE OVER HIST ORIC GROUNDS
CHAPTER VIII
A MEXICA N BULL-FIGHT
CHAPTER IX
THE MUSEUM AND ITS CURIOSITIES
CHAPTER X
HISTORIC TOMBS AND L ONELY GRAVES
CHAPTER XI
CUPID'S WORK IN SUNNYLAND
CHAPTER XII
JOAQUIN MILLER AND C OFFIN STREET
CHAPTER XIII
IN MEXI CAN THEATERS
CHAPTER XIV
THE FLOA TING GARDENS
CHAPTER XV
THE CASTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC
CHAPTER XVI
THE FEASTS OF THE GAMBLERS
CHAPTER XVII
FEAST OF FLOWERS AND LENTEN CELEBRATIONS
C HAPTER XVIII
GUADALUPE AND ITS ROM ANTIC LEGEND
CHAPTER XIX
A DAY'S TRIP ON A STREET CAR
CHAPTER XX
WHERE MAXIMILIAN'S AMERICAN COLONY LIVED
CHAPTER XXI
A MEX ICAN ARCADIA
CHAPTER XXII
THE WONDE RS OF PUEBLA
C HAPTER XXIII
THE PYRAMI D OF CHOLULA
CHAPTER XXIV
A FEW NOTES ABOUT MEXICA N PRESIDENTS
CHAPTER XXV
MEXICAN SOLDIERS AND THE RURALES
CHAPTER XXVI
THE PRE SS OF MEXICO
C HAPTER XXVII
THE GHASTLY TALE OF DON JUAN MANUEL
CH APTER XXVIII
A ME XICAN PARLOR
CHAPTER XXIX
LOVE AND COURTSH IP IN MEXICO
CHAPTER XXX
SCENES WITHIN M EXICAN HOMES
CHAPTER XXXI
THE ROMANCE OF THE ME XICAN PULQUE
C HAPTER XXXII
MEX ICAN MANNERS
CH APTER XXXIII
NOCHE TRISTE TREE
C HAPTER XXXIV
LITTLE NOTES OF INTEREST
CHAPTER XXXV
A FEW RECIPES FOR ME XICAN DISHES
C HAPTER XXXVI
SOME MEX ICAN LEGENDS
CH APTER XXXVII
PRINCESS JOSEFA DE YTURBIDE
AROUND THE WORLD IN SEVENTY-TWO DAYS
First published in 1890
CHAPTER I
A PROPOSAL TO GIRD LE THE EARTH
CHAPTER II
THE START
CHAPTER III
SOUTHAMPTON TO J ULES VERNE'S
CHAPTER IV
JULES V ERNE AT HOME
CHAPTER V
ON TO BRINDISI
CHAPTER VI
AN AMER ICAN HEIRESS
CHAPTER VII
"TWO BEAUTIFUL BLACK EYES"
CHAPTER VIII
ADE N TO COLOMBO
CHAPTER IX
DELAY ED FIVE DAYS
CHAPTER X
IN THE PIRATE SEAS
CHAPTER XI
AGAINST THE MONSOON
CHAPTER XII
B RITISH CHINA
CHAPTER XIII
CHRISTM AS IN CANTON
CHAPTER XIV
TO THE LAND O F THE MIKADO
CHAPTER XV
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY HO URS IN JAPAN
CHAPTER XVI
ACROSS THE PACIFIC
CHAPTER XVII
ACROSS T HE CONTINENT
C HAPTER XVIII
THE RECORD
L'ENVOI


ELIZABETH COCHRANE
By Frances E. Willard and Mary A. Livermore
Author, journalist and traveller. Known the world over by her pen-name, "Nellie Bly." Born in Cochrane Mills. Pa., 5th May, 1867. a place named after her father, who was a lawyer and for several terms filled the office of associate judge of Armstrong county, Pa. She is a descendant on her father's side of Lord Cochrane, the famous English admiral, who was noted for his deeds of daring, and who was never happy unless engaged in some exciting affair. Miss Cochrane's great-grandfather Cochrane was one of a number of men who wrote a declaration of independence in Maryland near the South Mountains a long time before the historic Declaration of Independence was delivered to the world. Her great-grandfather, on her mother's side, was a man of wealth, owning at one time almost all of Somerset county, Pa. His name was Kennedy, and his wife was a nobleman's daughter. They eloped and fled to America. He was an officer, as were his two sons, in the Revolutionary War. Afterward he was sheriff of Somerset county repeatedly until old age compelled him to decline the office. One of his sons. Thomas Kennedy, Miss Cochrane's grand-uncle, made a flying trip around the word, starting from and returning to New York City, where his wife awaited his arrival. It took him three years to make the trip, and he returned in shattered health. He at once set about to write the history of his trip, but his health became so bad that he had to give up his task. Her father died while Elizabeth was yet a child.
She was educated at home until 1880, when she was sent to Indiana, Pa., where she remained in a boarding-school until 1881. Impaired health forced her to leave school, and she returned home. The family moved to Pittsburgh, and there she began her literary career. She saw an article in the Pittsburgh "Dispatch" entitled "What Girls are Good For." She wrote a reply to the article, and though the reply was not published, a paragraph appeared in the "Dispatch" the day after she sent the communication, asking for the writer's name. Miss Cochrane sent her name and received a letter from the editor, requesting her to write an article on the subject of girls and their spheres in life for the "Sunday Dispatch." This she did. The article was printed, and the same week she received a check for it and a request for something else. Her next subject was "Divorce," and at the end of the article appeared the now famous signature, "Nellie Bly." Miss Cochrane assumed it on the suggestion of George A. Madden, managing editor of the "Dispatch." who got it from Stephen Foster's popular song. The divorce article attracted attention. She was invited to the office and made arrangements to accent a salary and devote her time to the "Dispatch."
Taking an artist with her, she went through the factories and workshop of Pittsburgh, and described and pictured the condition of the working girls. The articles made a hit. Miss Cochrane became society editor of the "Dispatch" and also looked after the dramatic and art department, all for a salary of ten dolla rs per week.
She decided to go to Mexico to write about its people. At that time she was receiving fifteen dollars per week. She went, and her letters printed in the " Dispatch " were full of interest and were widely copied. She had never been out of her State before, but she travelled everywhere in Mexico that a railroad could take her. Her mother was her companion o n that trip.
Returning to Pittsburgh, she became dissatisfied with that held, quit the " Dispatch," and went to New York City. She did syndicate work for a while.
One day she lost her pocketbook and all the money she possessed. She was too proud to let her friends know, and she sat down and thought. Before that she had written to the "World," asking the privilege of going in the balloon the " World " was about sending up at St. Louis, but, as final arrangements had been completed, her suggestion was not favourably received, low and finding herself penniless, she made a list of a half-dozen original ideas and went to the "World" office, determined to see Mr. Pulitzer and offer them to him. Having no letter of introduction and being unknown, she found it almost an impossibility to gain an audience. For three hours she talked and expostulated with different employees, before she finally exhausted their denials and was ushered into the unwilling presence of Mr. Pulitzer and his editor, John A. Cockerill. Once there, they listened to her ideas and immediately offered her twenty-five dollars to give them three days in which to consider her suggestions. At the end of that time she was told that her idea to feign insanity and, as a patient, investigate the treatment of the insane in the Blackwell Island Asylum was accepted. Mi