- Apart from using the pseudonym of Nellie Bly, she also went under variations of her birth name such as Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, Elizabeth Cochran, Elizabeth Jane Cochrane and Elizabeth Cochrane.
- Moved to New York City in 1887 and worked for the "New York World" paper.
- Wrote for the Pittsburgh Dispatch in 1885 for $5.00 per week.
- Took the pseudonym of Nellie Bly from the 1850 song of the same name written by Stephen Foster.
- Her father passed away when aged six, leaving no Will, which in turn left the family in financial ruin.
- Circa 1885: Posed as a sweatshop worker to expose poor working conditions faced by women.
- 1895: Married millionaire industrialist Robert Seaman [death 1904], 40 years her senior.
- November 1889: Travelled around the world in an attempt to break the faux record of Phileas Fogg, the fictional title character of Jules Verne's 1873 novel, Around the World in Eighty Days. The trip lasted 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes and 14 seconds; a world record.
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