Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can explore the topic of "Nellie Bly" further using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Nellie Bly, Pink Cochran, Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman
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Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Playing Mad Woman"
The Sun (New York, NY), October 14, 1887, Page 1-2, Image 1, 2, Col. 6-7, 1-4.
"In an Insane Hospital"
The Anderson Intelligencer (Anderson, SC), October 20, 1887, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 6.
"A Girl's Feat"
The Evening World (New York, NY), November 14, 1889, Sporting Extra, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 1-3.
"Woman Against Woman"
Homer Guardian (Homer, LA), November 29, 1889, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 5-6.
"Welcome! Nellie Bly Arrives Safely at Jersey City at 3:51 P.M."
The Evening World (New York, NY), January 25, 1890, Nellie Bly Extra, Sporting Extra, Page 1 and 4, Image 1 and 4, Col. 1-8, 2.
"Around the World"
Pittsburg Dispatch (Pittsburg, PA), March 15, 1890, Page 5, Image 5, Col. 1-2.
"Nellie Bly Was Wedded"
The Hood River Glacier (Hood River, OR), April 20, 1895, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 6.
"Mrs. Nellie Bly Now"
The Philipsburg Mail (Philipsburg, MT), June 27, 1895, Page 7, Image 7, Col. 5-6.
"Robert Seaman Dead"
The Sun (New York, NY), March 12, 1904, Page 4, Image 4, Col. 4.
"Paints Horrors of War's Work"
Bismarck Daily Tribune (Bismarck, ND), February 19, 1915, Page 6, Image 6, Col. 1-2.
"'Nellie Bly,' Newspaper Woman, Missing a Year"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), May 7, 1918, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 7.
"Love of Mike Baby Given to Mother"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), December 19, 1919, Final Edition, Page 13, Image 13, Col. 2-7.
"Love O'Mike's Fate Settled"
The Sun (New York, NY), December 19, 1919, Page 1,6, Image 1,6, Col. 4,2.
"Nellie Bly, Who Toured the World in 72 Days, Dies"
The New York Herald (New York, NY), January 28, 1922, Page 11, Image 11, Col. 6.
"Nellie Bly's Career Ended as She Wished---In Chosen Work as Reporter"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), April 2, 1922, Sunday Morning, Page 3, Image 15, Col. 1-8.

Nellie Bly: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America