Introduction To read of Nellie Bly, one would come to think the woman a pioneer in journalism; a hero for women's rights; and an American icon. These beliefs would be true if not for the fact that Bly was so much more. She was much more a woman, much more a writer, much more a hero and much more than most could ever be. Bly not only took on a world of injustice and stereotypes, but conquered it and changed the way the field of journalism works today. Elizabeth Cochran, a.k.a. Nellie Bly was the first known
Today, not many Americans will recognize the name Nellie Bly when heard, but things were much different 100 years ago. It would have been very difficult to find any American that had not heard of the famous Nellie Bly. Nellie Bly burst on the scene at the turn of the century when journalism was considered only a man's world. Nellie Bly helped to launch a new kind of investigative journalism into the world. Elizabeth Jane Cochran was born on May 5, 1864 in Cochran Mills, Pennsylvania. She was
Investigative Report Nellie Bly Throughout history, individuals such as Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Pulitzer and Robert Novak have all made their prominent mark on the history of journalism. Journalist Nellie Bly, however, pioneered a new type of investigative journalism that would impact future reporters internationally and that emphasized the benefits of using journalistic power to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” Born Elizabeth Cochran on May 5, 1964, Nellie Bly was raised in Cochran's
becomes increasingly hard to procure. Nellie Bly, however, is dedicated to reporting facts and uses writing to raise awareness for the welfare of those who are oppressed by society’s ignorance and indifference. She is an admirable woman because of several traits, including her intense passion and strong determination, and she proves her will-power in her renowned statement, “Energy rightly applied and directed will accomplish anything.” Not only does Bly accomplish and succeed in most everything
This is what a mental asylum was like before Nellie Bly stood up for the mentally ill. An upstander is someone who stands up for what they believe in. According to PBS, a world renown educational television channel, Nellie Bly was born Elizabeth Jane Cochran and took on the alias Nellie Bly when she began her journalistic career (Nellie Bly). Her father died when she was just six years old throwing her family into a large amount of debt (Nellie Bly). Thinking it would help her family, she attended
The Influences of Nellie Bly on Journalism The field of mass media and journalism was built by the people to spread news across the globe in hopes of having a broader idea of government, conflicts and life as a whole. Since 59 B.C. when the first newspaper, Acta Diurna, was published in Rome, the field has been dominated by males. Men were considered to be fit for reporting because they were allowed to have an education and through social standards, seen as the only dominating factor when broached
Nellie Bly was an intrepid female journalist in a time when the idea of having women in the workplace was still a questionable and controversial matter. This especially pertains to positions that have long since been male dominated and controlled. If women were to have occupation at all, they usually filled more respectable and passive jobs, such as being a teacher, governess, or a secretary. Nellie Bly surpassed the menial gender specific roles, and became one of the very first female investigative
A: Research Question What impact did Nellie Bly have as a muckraker and feminist in the progressive era? In order to determine the impact Nellie Bly had as a muckraker, the publicity she received from the press is going to be examined. In addition, her accomplishments in reforming mental asylums as a journalist and her strides towards feminism are going to be examined. First hand accounts of the conditions in mental asylums at the time, from Nellie Bly and other reformers, are going to be examined
maintained mostly by religious factions whose main goal was to purify the patient (Hartford 1). By the 1870’s, the conditions of these public insane asylums were very unhealthy due to a lack of funding. The actions of Elizabeth J. Cochrane (pen name Nellie Bly), during her book “Ten Days in a Mad-House,” significantly heightened the conditions of these mental asylums during the late 1800s. At that time, sick people were usually treated at home. A hospital was a place of last resort where the patient
Nellie Bly's career as a journalist was marked by her willingness to take risks in pursuit of the truth. While some may criticize her for putting herself in danger, it cannot be denied that her fearless approach to reporting helped uncover important stories that would have otherwise gone untold. Bly's decision to go undercover in a mental institution, for instance, was a risky move that could have had serious consequences for her personal safety. However, her exposé shed light on the inhumane treatment
This article present a look into the lifetime of Nellie Bly, an outstanding female stunt journalist, as a woman that was unlike any other since no one could match her in pushing somewhat feminist way thinking. It attempts to celebrate her objective in journalism to speak out for the unheard by means of employing the power of journalism as an apparatus of social justice in various ways. This commentary makes her stand as notable unsung heroine of her age by changing how her audience sees the world
were treated because of the harsh conditions in which they withstood. The victims in these institutions would The dirty, unkept admitted patients would be only be provided a bath once a week (Bly 81) Patients had to share almost everything in the asylum such as towels, combs and even murky bath water (Bly 81). The towels would be handed from one person to the next with all different types. Women with acne would use the same towel as a woman with beautiful clear skin. Using the same comb on multiple
patients actually were cured. Some of the patients were drugged up and locked into solitary within the Bellevue facility, which only made them worse. Nellie Bly went undercover Blackwell Island, which she called the “human rat trap.” The location was mostly a warehouse, they did not provide much care. The City of the Sick documentary does not correlate with Nellie Bly’s experience, it actually attempts to advertise the greatness of the facility and how it cure half of the 175,000 individuals who enter.
that are slowly changing the way that mental health patients are seen and treated. Nellie Bly, an early muckraker in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was an incredibly important influence on the beginning of that revolution. She did this by spotlighting Blackwell’s Island, an asylum for the poor in New York, for its awful conditions and abuse towards the patients living there. In addition, Nellie was one of the first influential women journalists, from which she exposed many other
Gertrude Ederle was a famous American swimmer who was born on October 23, 1906 in New York City, New York. Ederle loved the sport of swimming ever since she was a child, and she held 29 national and world amateur swimming records between 1921 and 1925. She also broke seven swimming records on afternoon at Brighton Beach, New York. With a time of seven hours and eleven minute, Gertrude Ederle broke the old men’s record of swimming from New York Battery to Sandy Hook, New Jersey. In the 1924 Olympic
Pacific, the main theme is racial prejudices. The two main characters, Emile de Becque and Nellie Forbush are faced with these problems as they attempt a relationship. Two other minor characters, Lt. Joe Cable and Liat, are faced with the same dilemma. Both Nellie and Joe Cable have a hard time coping with their own racial prejudices; Joe loves Liat, yet cannot marry her because she is Tonkinese ; Nellie loves Emile, but cannot marry him because of his former Polynesian wife. It is these prejudices
Hindley reduced Heathcliff to such a status that it would ruin Cathy to marry him. Heathcliff's villainy is shown when he returns the favour to Hindley, reducing him and his son Hareton to servant class. This is apparent when Heathcliff is talking to Nellie about his joy in degrading Hareton, he says, I've pleasure in him!...He has satisfied my expectations - if he were born a fool I should not enjoy it half so much - But he's no fool; and I can sympathise with all his feelings, having felt them myself
Hellen Nellie McClung: A Canadian Feminist Helen "Nellie" Laetitia Mooney was born October 20, 1873 in a log cabin on Garafraxa Road, two kilometers from Chatsworth, Ontario. She and her family moved to Manitoba when she was six years old. One of Nellie's best influences was her mother. Her family's influence was no doubt the reason she became an activist. Her mother thought that every child had the right to an education, and her whole family encouraged her to learn all she could. (9, Wright) Nellie
most popular students. Along with stoners, nerds, and then the people who really didn't fit into any crowd, they were just there. When we were in high school, all of us wanted to be in the "cool crowd". As described in When I was growing Up by Nellie Wong, "I discovered the rich white girls...imported cotton dresses...and thought that I too should have what these lucky girls had..." In stereotyping people, we perhaps have ruined some great minds. However, when high school was over and the
with the reality. From the initial setting, the Thames river, London, on the "cruising yawl" the Nellie, light and darkness are used to symbolize the good and evil side of humanity. Marlow's tale of the Congo is where light and darkness is used to represent the civilized and uncivilized. Marlow talks of the lights that are reflected in the water, creating the idea that the members of the Nellie are civilized. The lights of London are again used represent the civilized nature of the society, with