From 1922: Nellie Bly, Journalist, Dies of Pneumonia
She was best known for her trip around the world in 1889, which she completed in 72 days 6 hours 11 minutes.
This obituary was originally published on Jan. 27, 1922. It is being republished for a package for Women’s History Month.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, known to thousands of people throughout the world as Nellie Bly, her nom de plume, died yesterday morning of pneumonia at the age of 57 in St. Mark’s Hospital, to which she was removed a few days ago from her rooms in the Hotel McAlpin. Services will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Church of the Ascension, Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street. Friends may view the body today at the funeral parlors of Herbert H. Baxter, 597 Lexington Avenue.
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