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Nelly Bly

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Nelly-Bly.mp3 Author Heather Tomasello (read by Rita Smith) Air Date 1/25/2001 Nelly Bly Transcript On this day in 1889 Nellie Bly, a twenty-five year old reporter for The New York World received a hero’s welcome in Jersey City. A crowd of over 300 gathered to greet her, cannons boomed, and […]