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Following Nellie Bly - Her Record-Breaking Race Around the World

English · Hardback

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Intrepid journalist Nellie Bly raced alone to beat Jules Verne's fictional record in Around the World in 80 Days, winning in 72 days and becoming a global celebrity while pioneering investigative journalism and challenging oppression.

Intrepid journalist Nellie Bly raced through a 'man's world' -- alone and literally with just the clothes on her back -- to beat the fictional record set by Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days. She won the race on 25 January 1890, covering 21,740 miles by ocean liner and train in 72 days, and became a global celebrity. Although best known for her record-breaking journey, even more importantly Nellie Bly pioneered investigative journalism and paved the way for women in the newsroom. Her undercover reporting, advocacy for women's rights, crusades for vulnerable children, campaigns against oppression and steadfast conviction that 'nothing is impossible' makes the world that she circled a better place.

Adventurer, journalist and author, Rosemary J Brown, set off 125 years later to retrace Nellie Bly's footsteps in an expedition registered with the Royal Geographical Society. Through her recreation of that epic global journey, she brings to life Nellie Bly's remarkable achievements and shines a light on one of the world's greatest female adventurers and a forgotten heroine of history.

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Rosemary J Brown is a journalist for newspapers and magazines in the UK, USA and France. An avid traveller, she is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Churchill Fellow. In her quest to put female adventurers 'back on the map' she speaks at the Globetrotters Club, Women of the World festivals and schools, and helped to organise The Heritage of Women in Exploration conference at the Royal Geographical Society.

Summary

The remarkable story of one of the great pioneering women adventures of the 19th century.

Product details

Authors Rosemary J Brown, Rosemary J. Brown
Publisher Pen & Sword Books Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.05.2021
 
EAN 9781526761408
ISBN 978-1-5267-6140-8
No. of pages 232
Dimensions 242 mm x 166 mm x 22 mm
Weight 496 g
Illustrations 20 black and white illustrations
Series Trailblazing Women
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

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