Nellie Bly AKA Elizabeth Jane Cochran Born: 5-May-1864 Birthplace: Cochran's Mills, PA Died: 27-Jan-1922 Location of death: New York City [1] Cause of death: Pneumonia Remains: Buried, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY
Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Journalist Nationality: United States Executive summary: Ten Days in a Mad-House Also invented the contemporary 55-gallon oil drum.
[1] St. Mark's Hospital
Father: Michael Cochran (b. 22-May-1810, d. 19-Jul-1870) Mother: Mary Jane Kennedy (d. 26-Feb-1921) Brother: Albert Paul Cochran (b. 31-Oct-1859, d. 1-Mar-1926) Brother: Charles Metzgar Cochrane (b. c. 1861, d. 30-Mar-1890) Sister: Catherine May Cochran (b. Dec-1866, d. 1899) Brother: Harry Cummings Cochran (b. Apr-1870, d. 26-Oct-1923) Husband: Robert Livingston Seaman (m. 5-Apr-1895, d. 1904)
High School: Indiana Normal School, Indiana, PA (dropped out)
New York Evening Journal The New York World (1887-89, 1893-95) The Pittsburgh Dispatch (1885-87)
Institutionalized Blackwell's Island (1887) Bankruptcy (1911) Perjury Brooklyn, NY (5-Mar-1919) Obstruction of Justice Brooklyn, NY (5-Mar-1919) National Women's Hall of Fame (1998) Irish Ancestry
Appears on postage stamps:
USA, (37 cents, issued 14-Sep-2002)
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