【美国人物志】娜丽·布莱 (5/9)

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作家朱理斯．佛恩 (Jules Verne) 所写的「环游世界80天」中的的英雄菲利斯．福格 (Phileas T. Fogg) 以80天整的时间确实环绕世界一周。布莱的本名叫做伊利莎白．寇克蓝 (Elizabeth Cochrane) ，她说她能用更短的时间完成环游世界的壮举。布莱搭乘船只、火车、人力车、舢舨、骑马，以及驴子的方式完成了这项壮举。
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"Orphan Girl"
Mr. Wilson
Nellie Bly
Mexico
Dispatch
Pittsburgh
New York City

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The editors of the dispatch liked her letter. They put a note in the paper asking "Orphan Girl" to visit. Pink did. Mr. Wilson offered her a job. He said she could not sign her stories with her real name, because no woman writer did that. He asked news writers for suggestions. One was Nellie Bly, the name of a girl in a popular song. So Pink became Nellie Bly. For nine months, she wrote stories of interest to women. Then she left the newspaper because she was not permitted to write what she wanted. She went to Mexico to find excitement. She stayed there six months, sending stories to the Dispatch to be published. Soon after she returned to the Pittsburgh Dispatch, she decided to look for another job. Nellie Bly left for New York City and began her job at the New York World.