"Jolly at the French Ball" - Nellie Bly - New York World

Nellie Bly Tells of the Frolics and Breeziness After Midnight

Byline: Nellie Bly; 1889-02-10; New York World; 

Report: Journalistic Acts of Race, Class, Ethnic and Gender Impersonation

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"I went to the French Ball fully prepared to be terribly shocked. But I wasn't. If I had never been to the seashore and witnessed the bathing, or to the opera-house and seen the occupants of the boxes, I might have been. . ."

Description:Nellie Bly goes to the French Ball as an investigative journalist, not undercover.

Rights: Public domain.

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Nellie Bly goes to the French Ball as an investigative journalist, not undercover.