Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922

LC control no.	n 50032234
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Seaman, Elizabeth Cochrane, 1864-1922 Cochran, Elizabeth, 1864-1922 Cochrane, Elizabeth, 1864-1922 Cochrane, Pink Elizabeth J., 1864-1922
Birth date	1864-05-05
Death date	1922-01-27
Place of birth	Cochrans Mills, Pa.
Place of death	New York, N.Y.
Profession or occupation	Journalists Authors Novelists
Found in	Nellie's Bly's book, 1890. Nellie Bly, 1989. LC data base, 10/31/88 (hdg.: Cochrane, Elizabeth, 1867-1922; Cochrane, Pink Elizabeth J.; usage: Nellie Bly) Nellie Bly's book, 1991: CIP t.p. (Elizabeth J. Cochrane) First woman of the news, c1993: CIP galley (Nellie Bly; b. 1864 as Elizabeth Cochran; nicknames: Pink, Pinky; also called Lizzie; as teenager added "e" and changed name to Elizabeth Cochrane; as journalist used name Nellie Bly) Nellie Bly, daredevil, reporter, feminist, 1864-1922, 1994: (author's request through pub. to change b. date from 1867 to 1864, based on his extensive research) Nellie Bly Online, June 7, 2013 (Nellie Bly, born May 5, 1864 in Cochran Mills, Pa.; died Jan. 27, 1922 in New York; born Elizabeth Jane Cochran; nicknamed "Pink"; journalist, etc.) <http://www.nellieblyonline.com/bio> New World Encyclopedia, June 7, 2013 (Nellie Bly; born May 5, 1864; died January 27, 1922; American journalist, author, and charity worker, who received initial renown after writing a stinging expose of the mistreatment of the mentally ill while faking insanity and living undercover at a New York mental institution. Today considered an innovator in the field of investigative reporting, she became a national folk hero after her 72 day record breaking trip around the world in 1889) <http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Nellie_Bly>
Associated language	eng