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Nellie Bly and the Chicago Time's Girl Reporters 

What I learned

The role of women in America over the past centuries have really been a trying time for the idea of identity. Elizabeth Jane Cochran is just one of the prime time examples of this. Elizabeth Jane Cochran was born May 5, 1864. She was later known as Nellie Bly due to her Journalism career. The name change was due to the fact that it was deemed as inappropriate for a woman to write under their own name. 

Bly continuously fought for equality even if that meant to expose certain publishing companies. This idea for fighting for what she thought was right led to the idea of the Girl Reporters. 

Bly spearheaded the founding of the Chicago Time's Girl Reporters. Their purpose was to bring the dark news stories to light. They covered several stories ranging from factory work, child labor, and undercover abortions

What I didn't know

From the presentations, I was able to learn more about my person that I did a blog post on which was Joseph Pulitzer. Joseph Pulitzer's, The New York World, writing varied from a lot of categories. Some of the articles that The New York World published happened to focus on injustices. Pulitzer was one of the few papers that recognized the importance of Bly's work. However, Bly's work wasn't just handed to Pulitzer. Bly had to talk her way to Pulitzer. SInce that talk, she continued to work closely with him. During Bly's time at the NYW, she decided to go undercover and investigate the Women's Asylum on Blackwell's Island.  This was one of the many highlights of her journalism career. Bly then and still to this day is one of the most famous female journalists in history.