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. Throughout her career, Bly's reportage
gave voices to vulnerable people and challenged oppression wherever she
found it. Her steadfast conviction that 'nothing is impossible' makes
the world 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.
