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Project Gutenberg on Nostr: American journalist Nellie Bly died #OTD in 1922. She was widely known for her ...

American journalist Nellie Bly died #OTD in 1922.

She was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, & for an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. Bly was also an inventor, receiving U.S. patent 697,553 for a novel milk can & U.S. patent 703,711 for a stacking garbage can.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly

Nellie Bly at PG
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/9648

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