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Google doodle marks journalist Nellie Bly's 151th birthday

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ANI New Delhi
Last Updated : May 05 2015 | 12:28 PM IST

Google has dedicated its musical doodle to the great American journalist Nellie Bly's 151th birthday.

Born on 5 May, 1864 in United States, was originally named as Elizabeth Jane Cochrane and was popularly known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days.

In addition to being a journalist she was also an industrialist, inventor, writer and charity worker and was renowned for launching a new kind of investigative journalism especially to investigate the reports of harsh treatment given to women at mental asylum.

Bly was 57 when she died in 1922.

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First Published: May 05 2015 | 10:34 AM IST

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