Nellie Bly Reporter Author:Nina Brown Baker Nellie's family is shocked. Work for a newspaper? "That's no place for a lady!" they tell her. And in the year 1884 it certainly isn't! — But Nellie is determined to be a reporter. And what a reporter this darling girl makes! Her stories shock the nation as she exposes the frightful conditions in factories, hospitals, and jails. Then she captures... more » the headlines herself. For Nellie becomes the first round-the-world traveler to make the journey in less than 80 days.
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