Today in History: Nellie Bly Circles the Globe
Today in History–January 25–the Library of Congress features Nellie Bly, who completed her circumnavigation of the globe on this day in 1890. This intrepid female reporter made the journey in just 72 days, using many different forms of transportation, including ship, train, jinricksha, sampan, horse, and burro. Learn more about this globetrotter and turn of the century transportation by visiting the Today in History section and clicking the links below.
Nellie Bly Circled the Globe January 25, 1890 from America’s Library
Nellie Bly select historical newspaper articles
- “A Girl’s Feat. Nellie Bly Starts Out on a Wondrous Flying Trip Around the Globe.” The Evening World (New York, N.Y.), November 14, 1889
- “Bly and Bisland.” The St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, Minn.), December 16, 1889
- “Nellie in the Lead.” The St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, Minn.), January 23, 1890
- “Nellie Bly Extra.” The Evening World (New York, N.Y.), January 25, 1890
- “Nellie Bly, Noted as Newspaper Writer, Dies.” New York Tribune (New York, N.Y.), January 28, 1922
“Nellie Bly Extra” The Evening World January 25, 1890
More Nellie Bly newspaper coverage from The Evening World
More Nellie Bly U.S. historical newspaper coverage
Nellie Bly timeline & historical newspaper research guide
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days by Nellie Bly 1890
Guided Primary Source Analysis: Round the World with Nellie Bly learning activity
Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly 1887
Nellie Bly biography National Women’s History Museum
Remarkable Nellie Bly’s Oil Drum American Oil & Gas Historical Society
Around the World in the 1890s: Photographs from the World’s Transportation Commissions, 1894-1896