When Cosmopolitan Sent A Victorian Lady To Race Around The Globe

Elizabeth Bisland and Nellie Bly Bisland (left) and Bly (right) in their travel gear, in photos taken to publicize their race Both photos are from the New York Public Library Archives Sixteen years after Jules Verne first published Around the World in 80 Days, two American journalists raced to do just that. The Public Domain Review has the story, which is just about as charming as the Verne novel. The two women set off 124 years ago this month. Nellie Bly, investigative journalist for the newspa...