This documentary recounts the daring adventures and fearless attitude that made Bly a successful journalist and eventually a household name. The accompanying PBS resources includes a map of Bly’s travels, excerpts from her book Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, additional background information, and other special features.

This electronic collection maintained by the University of Pennsylvania recognizes the historical contributions of women writers by making their works available online. Bly’s accounts of her undercover investigation at the Blackwell Island insane asylum, Ten Days in a Mad-House External (1887), and of her globe-circling travels, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days External (1890), are available here.

Nellie Bly was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1998 for her pioneering work as an investigative reporter.

This institution currently uses its online presence to raise awareness and honor women's diverse experiences and achievements. They strive to educate, inspire, empower, and shape the future by integrating women's distinctive history into the culture and history of the United States. A biography of Nellie Bly (also listed under Elizabeth Cochrane) is provided along with additional resources.

This feature is included in the resource Undercover Reporting: Deception for Journalism's Sake: a Database. New York University Libraries are part of a collaborative effort to present some of the best investigative work going back almost two centuries.

The American Oil & Gas Historical Society presents this online feature about another aspect of Nellie Bly's life--her career as a manufacturing company executive and inventor. In this role, she was generally known by her real and married name--Elizabeth Cochran(e) Seaman.