Rosemary J Brown – författare

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 on 25 January 1890, covering 21,740 miles by ocean liner and train in 72 days, and became a global celebrity. Although best known for her record-breaking journey, even more importantly Nellie Bly pioneered investigative journalism and paved the way for women in the newsroom. Throughout her career, Bly's reportage gave voices to vulnerable people and challenged oppression wherever she found it. Her steadfast conviction that nothing is impossible' makes the world she circled a better place.Adventurer, journalist and author, Rosemary J Brown, set off 125 years later to retrace Nellie Bly's footsteps in an expedition registered with the Royal Geographical Society. Through her recreation of that epic global journey, she brings to life Nellie Bly's remarkable achievements and shines a light on one of the world's greatest female adventurers and a forgotten heroine of history.

Retrace Nellie Bly''s attempt to beat Jules Verne''s fictional record in Around the World in 80 Days while pioneering journalism and challenging oppression."Reading Rosemary Brown''s carefully crafted, charming book, readers can now be armchair companions of two amazing women." —New York Journal of BooksIntrepid 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 on 25 January 1890, covering 21,740 miles by ocean liner and train in 72 days, and became a global celebrity. Although best known for her record-breaking journey, even more importantly Nellie Bly pioneered investigative journalism and paved the way for women in the newsroom. Throughout her career, Bly''s reportage gave voices to vulnerable people and challenged oppression wherever she found it. Her steadfast conviction that ''nothing is impossible'' makes the world she circled a better place.Adventurer, journalist and author, Rosemary J. Brown, set off 125 years later to retrace Nellie Bly''s footsteps in an expedition registered with the Royal Geographical Society. Through her recreation of that epic global journey, she brings to life Nellie Bly''s remarkable achievements and shines a light on one of the world''s greatest female adventurers and a forgotten heroine of history.

The remarkable story of one of the great pioneering women adventures of the 19th century.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 on 25 January 1890, covering 21,740 miles by ocean liner and train in 72 days, and became a global celebrity. Although best known for her record-breaking journey, even more importantly Nellie Bly pioneered investigative journalism and paved the way for women in the newsroom. Her undercover reporting, advocacy for women''s rights, crusades for vulnerable children, campaigns against oppression and steadfast conviction that ''nothing is impossible'' makes the world that she circled a better place. Adventurer, journalist and author, Rosemary J Brown, set off 125 years later to retrace Nellie Bly''s footsteps in an expedition registered with the Royal Geographical Society. Through her recreation of that epic global journey, she brings to life Nellie Bly''s remarkable achievements and shines a light on one of the world''s greatest female adventurers and a forgotten heroine of history.

Moving Mountains celebrates nine extraordinary women who reached the pinnacles of exploration and are immortalised in mountains named for them. Defying altitude, expectations and convention, they reached some of the highest places on Earth, achieving an honour long reserved for men and monarchs. Though their names endure on soaring summits, their remarkable stories have largely gone untold … until now.As we witness their courage amid avalanches, blizzards and breath-stealing heights, their stories unfold against sweeping landscapes of ice, rock and snow. Their lives are testimony to the uphill struggle for recognition in a world that challenged their right to climb at all. Here they reveal the mountains they moved – both literal and symbolic – to realise their dreams.These are the women you are about to meet:- Sacajawea- Meta Brevoort- Isabella Charlet-Straton- Annie Smith Peck- Elizabeth Le Blond- Gertrude Benham- Gertrude Bell- Junko Tabei- Samina Baig