Rosemary Brown
Getting journalist/adventurer Nellie Bly back on the map
Rosemary Brown
@rosemaryjanebrown - Author
Rosemary Brown
@rosemaryjanebrown - Author
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Following Nellie Bly: Her Record-Breaking Race Around the World
Intrepid journalist Nellie Bly raced through a man’s world – alone and literally with just the clothes on her back – to beat the fictional record set by Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days. She won the race in 72 days in 1890 and became a global celebrity. London-based journ...
About me
Rosemary J Brown is a London-based journalist and author. A Churchill Fellow and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), Rosemary helped to organise the first-ever Heritage of Women in Exploration event there. She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, plays in a ukulele band and works with refugees.