One of her important stories was called Ten Days in the Madhouse. This story was about Nellie bly going undercover into an insane asylum. She went in as a mentally ill girl. When she was in there she observed actions of the workers and the people in there by getting some interviews. A very important quote by her is a quote she used in this article she wrote. "The water was ice-cold and I again began to protest. . . . My teeth chattered and my limbs were goose-fleshed and blue with cold. Suddenly I got, one after the other, three buckets of water over my head — ice-cold water, too, into my eyes, my ears, my nose, and my mouth. I think I experienced some of the sensations of a drowning person as they dragged me, gasping, shivering, and quaking, from the tub. For once I did look insane. . . ." Nellie Bly figured out that the workers physically abused the patients, fed them bug infested food, and family members put them in there when they weren't even mentally ill.
Another important story that Nellie Bly wrote was called Around the World. In 1889 Nellie Bly decided she needed some adventure. She proposed that she was going to try and beat the record for traveling around the world in 80 days. the newspaper said that they should just send a man because they don't need an escort and they have less luggage. Well she was angry so she said this, "Very well. Start the man and i'll start the same day for some other newspaper and i will beat him." This quote was famous because she got the assignment. This is showing that her words are powerful and she stands for girls rights. So she went on this journey accross the world, with no escort and a single luggage case and a coat. In some instinses she almost missed steamships, buts she pulled through and made it around the world in 72 days, 6 hours, and 11 minutes. She beat the old record by more than a week.
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