#nellie bly

100 Days 100 Women, a comic series by cartoonist Rori, is dedicated to shining a light on powerful women from history who don’t get the recognition they deserve. 

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Nellie Bly was one of the first investigative journalists. Click to read the full fact.

Nellie Bly (1864-1922)

Gillian Darmody of Boardwalk EmpirereadingAround The World In Seventy-Two Days by Nellie Bly

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Illustrator and graphic designer Ann Shen’s drawings of bad girls throughout history. (Though “badass” is more appropriate than “bad,” strictly scientifically speaking.)

For some substantiation on the badassery of the above, see Amelia Earhart on marriage,Ada Lovelace on science and spirituality,Nellie Bly’s groundbreaking journalistic feistiness, and Eleanor Roosevelt on happiness and conformity and her controversial love letters to Lorena Hickok.

“The Illustrated Life of Trailblazing Journalist Nellie Bly, Who Paved the Way for Women in Media” + the lovely illustrations of Bonnie Christensen. 

https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/07/17/the-daring-nellie-bly-bonnie-christensen/