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 based on "Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Feminist, Reporter," by Brooke Kroeger |
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A resource page for readers of the 14-chapter serialized biography TEACHERS: Want to find out how you can use this biography in your classroom? Email author(at)nelliebly.org The American Experience: Around the World in 72 Days The web page for the PBS documentary, this is a mother lode of great information on Nellie's life. Like our serial, it was prepared with the assistance of Brooke Kroeger, who was interviewed in several places in the program itself. The web site offers more in-depth information, and even includes a recording of the Stephen Foster song from which Nellie's pen name was taken -- sung by Brooke's classically trained daughter! (And check your library for a copy of the video!) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/world/ Around the World in 72 Days This is Nellie's actual book about her famous dash around the globe. (Caution: Though Nellie was more progressive than many of her era, she still had most of the common prejudices of that time.) http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bly/world/world.html Ten Days in a Madhouse The same site features the text of "Ten Days in a Madhouse," together with two shorter features Nellie wrote about seeking work as a maid through an employment agency and working in a box factory. The latter two are less dramatic but may provide more realistic models of investigative feature-writing. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bly/madhouse/madhouse.html http://home.att.net/~gapehenry/NellieBly.html
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