In 1887, multi-talented misfit Nellie Bly was working as a fashion journalist.
Women were expected to write about corsets and tea parties.
This pissed her off, she wanted more.
To tell real stories.
To expose injustice.
So she came up with a crazy fucking idea!
She pitched a plan to Joseph Pulitzer at The New York World —
and faked insanity to get committed to…