Sentences with phrase «nellie bly»

This compelling nonfiction graphic novel will draw readers into the around - the - world adventures of Thomas Stevens, Nellie Bly, and Joshua Slocum.

Nellie bly was born elizabeth jane cochran in western pennsylvania on May 5, 1864, though confusion about her exact age would persist throughout her life — a good deal of that confusion engineered by Bly herself, for she was never quite as young as she claimed to be.

In the book's prologue Matthew Goodman writes, «Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland were not only racing around the world; they were also racing through the very heart of the Victorian age.»

Ultimately, Matthew Goodman pulls together a riveting story that has the bones of a true and fascinating history and the heart of a great adventure: The reader not only learns about Nellie Bly and her attempt to exceed the travel time of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg in Around the World in Eighty Days, but also has the pleasure of visiting the world of the 1890s, meeting Joseph Pulitzer, understanding the plight of Chinese workers in America, traveling in luxury trains and boats, seeing beautiful places before industrial pollution took place, and so much more.

He transforms historic documents into a fast - paced fascinating story that introduces the reader to Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland during the colorful era of the late 1880s.

I was fascinated with the real story of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Brisland.

This book is not only about Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland, but about the women they represented — and the changing attitudes toward women which they helped bring about: In the course of the book, a portrait of the All - American Girl as popularized in the late 19th century emerges, a plucky, attractive, independent spirit, ready to take on new challenges, but always careful to retain a strong aura of femininity (William Y).

For Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland - two women ahead of their time in every sense of the word — were not only racing around the world.

Nellie Bly was a scrappy, hard - driving, ambitious reporter from Pennsylvania coal country who sought out the most sensational news stories, often going undercover to expose social injustice.

Nellie Bly is a Yankee ready to make a difference in the world and Elizabeth Bisland is confident in her Southern style.

She's more captivated by the work of trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly, and she loves writing shocking exposés of the city's societal ills.

On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer's World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world.

Phileas Fogg was fictional and his adventures were fun, but Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland live in a real world the reader has the pleasure of visiting (Barbara H).

First Nellie Bly and now Lillian.»

Clinton uses this admonition as a jumping - off point to introduce 13 women, including Nellie Bly, Clara Lemlich, and Helen Keller, who overcame obstacles to affect history.

While I had heard of Nellie Bly I had never heard of Elisabeth Bisland and I did not know the grand story of their race around the world.

Especially in respect to Nellie Bly.

I must admit that I had never heard of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's race around the globe before picking up Matthew Goodman's Eighty Days — which amazes me because it's the kind of fascinating true - story adventure that novelists wish they could dream up: Two young female journalists departing New York within hours of each other on November 14, 1889, traveling in opposite directions, each alone and attempting to make her way around the world (28,000 miles!)

How could this have been left out of my history textbooks, and why hadn't I ever played with a Nellie Bly doll — complete with her infamous checked overcoat and wool ghillie cap — instead of Barbie?

Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History - Making Race Around the World by Matthew Goodman Ballantine • $ 28.00 • ISBN 9780345527264 Published February 26, 2013

In the story, Nellie Bly wants to break the fictional record of Jules Verne's character, Phileas Fogg, who traveled around the wo...

Zero Gravity Management developing limited show adaptation of Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History - Making Race Around the World (Deadline).

There is also an undeniable thrill in recognizing unexpected actors as they mouth along to incoherent rambles, like Laura Dern's delightful Nellie Bly and Jesse Plemons» petulant Edgar Allen Poe.

The gallery has been updated with over 100 HD screencaptures from Laura's guest star in Drunk History, in which she played the role of Nellie Bly.

The U.S. reluctantly accepts the Statue of Liberty, Sybil Ludington goes on an epic ride to warn of a British attack, and journalist Nellie Bly infiltrates a corrupt mental institution.

«Nellie Bly» will take a sinister direction, with a screenplay from Helen Childress («Reality Bites»).

The great success of this event will certainly set the bar high for next year's Nellie Bly Award!

The Museum of Political Corruption established the Nellie Bly Award in 2017 to recognize the role investigative reporting plays in rooting out high - level corruption and graft, exposing flaws in social justice, and maintaining an informed electorate.

The first annual Nellie Bly Award for Investigative Reporting was a tremendous success!

Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the New York Times reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein story and ignited the #MeToo movement, have been selected as this year's recipients of the Nellie Bly Award for Investigative Reporting.

Elizabeth Jane Cochran (pen name Nellie Bly) faked her own insanity in 1887 to get into a mental institution.

In 1885, the pioneering investigative reporter Nellie Bly got her start at the Pittsburgh Dispatch through her response to a misogynistic column entitled «What Girls Are Good For.»