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(1864-1922) Writer, journalist. Nellie Bly was the pseudonym used by Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman. She lived at the Hotel McAlpin in Manhattan, New York, and died in New York City.

Full Name

Nellie Bly

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1864

BIRTH

Elizabeth Jane Cochran was born in Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania, in 1864. She later changed her surname to Cochrane.

1887

LITWORK

Ten Days in a Mad House

1890

LITWORK

Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

1922

DEATH

Nellie Bly lived in Manhattan, New York, and died there in 1922.

1922

INTERMENT

Nellie Bly is buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York.

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