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Almost 100 years after her death, Nellie Bly is back by Kerry Reid

Chicago writer and theater artist David Blixt uncovers a trove of previously unpublished novels by the original Lois Lane. In 1885, the Pittsburgh Dispatch ran an op-ed under the byline "The Quiet Observer" entitled "What Girls Are Good For." In the view of Erasmus Wilson (owner of the pseudonym), the short answer was essentially staying home and making babies, where they could "play the …

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:00PM on February 2, 2021

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