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Ferris Wheel, World’s Fair Chicago, 1893. Image: Library of Congress.

Ferris Wheel, World’s Fair Chicago, 1893. Image: Library of Congress.

About Racing Nellie Bly

Rival journalists Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland raced around the world in 1889. Facing treacherous…

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