3959738 Portrait of Nellie Bly, c.1890 (photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (1864 ??1922), better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of Jules Verne\'s fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an expose in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. She was a pioneer in her field, and launched a new kind of investigative journalism. Bly was also a writer, industrialist, inventor, and a charity worker; ); Prismatic Pictures .