"Working Girls Beware!" - Nellie Bly - New York World

Nellie Bly Exposes a Snare For Swindling Poor Women; A Contemptible Scheme to Rob Needy Girls Who Seek Employment; Heartless Women Who Promise to Find Work for Scarf-Makers and Lure Them Into Their Clutches; Demanding Pay for Instruction They Never Give, and, After Taking the Last Penny, Turning Them Out With No Effort to Secure Employment; Sad Stories of the Wretched Swindle from the Lips of Helpless Girls and Bereaved MothersthU

Byline: Nellie Bly; 1889-02-03; New York World; pages 17

Report: Nellie Bly and Other Stunt Girls (and Boys) of the Late 1880s-Early 1900s

Tags: Nellie Bly

Description:Bly did not go undercover for this one but interviewed the many women writing to the World to tell of their misfortune.

Rights: Public domain.

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Bly did not go undercover for this one but interviewed the many women writing to the World to tell of their misfortune.