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Nellie Bly was born Elizabeth Jane Cochran on May 5, 1864. Her family owned a lucrative mill in Cochran, Pennsylvania. ... The editor not only read Bly's response, he printed her rebuttal, and offered Bly a job as columnist. As a newspaper writer, she took the pen name Nellie Bly.
Date of birth: May 5, 1864
Died: January 27, 1922, New York City
Professions: journalists, columnist, writer