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Pioneering journalist Nellie Bly returned from her 72-day trip around the world on 25th January, 1890. The final leg of the journey was upon a chartered train to New Jersey, nicknamed \u2018the Nellie Bly Express\u2019, and Bly was greeted by adoring fans as she traversed the country.\nInspired by Jules Verne\u2019s novel, Bly had a year earlier pitched to her editors at The World that she should be given the opportunity to try and travel the globe in under 80 days - but they\u2019d felt it was a journey only a man could undertake.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain how - unbeknownst to Bly - the challenge had actually become a RACE against Cosmopolitan writer Elizabeth Bisland; trace the origins of Bly\u2019s inspirational \u2018stunt girl\u2019 reporting; and pry into the contents of Bly\u2019s well-traveled suitcase\u2026\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018Nellie Bly's Record-Breaking Trip Around the World Was, to Her Surprise, A Race\u2019 (Smithsonian Magazine, 2016): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nellie-blys-record-breaking-trip-around-world-was-to-her-surprise-race-180957910/\n\u2022 \u2018Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, by Nellie Bly\u2019 (THE PICTORIAL WEEKLIES COMPANY, 1890): http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bly/world/world.html\n\u2022 \u2018Journalist Nellie Bly begins her trip around the world in 80 days\u2019 (WUSA9news, 2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndm38_0ZCSc\n#Person #Explorer #1800s\nLove the show? Join\xa0\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\xa0\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\nPlus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.\nJoin now via\xa0Apple Podcasts\xa0or\xa0Patreon.\xa0Thanks!\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices