Bly and Bisland: A Collection of Links
We’re four weeks out from the release of my newest book, A Race Around the World: The True Story of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland. I’m devoting the next four Tuesdays to all things Nellie and Elizabeth. I hope you enjoy!
Today’s post is a collection of Bly and Bisland links:
How to Pack Like Pioneering Journalist Nellie Bly, Who Circumnavigated the Globe in 1889 with Just a Small Duffle Bag :: Brain Pickings
Nellie Bly’s Record-Breaking Trip Around the World Was, to Her Surprise, A Race :: Smithsonian Magazine
Elizabeth Bisland’s Race Around the World :: Public Domain Review
A chat with Matthew Goodman, author of Eighty Days: The Bowery Boys
Words of Wisdom from Elizabeth Bisland, Nellie Bly’s Reluctant Rival :: Big Think
Fast Women :: Columbia Journalism Review
The Founding Mothers of the Solo Female Travel Movement :: Matador Network
Nellie Bly’s 72 Day Trip Around the World :: Mental Floss
Not related to the race, but recent Nellie news worth sharing…
Journalist Nellie Bly Will Receive a Monument on the Grounds of the Asylum She Helped Close :: Hyperallergic
Click through to pre-order your copy of A Race Around the World: The True Story of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland, coming October 1!