What Girls Are Good For

<p><strong><em>"Dramatic, engrossing, and spirited, What Girls Are Good For takes the reader straight to the heart of an unsung American hero--a feminist icon whose voice rings loud and true. This is a must-read for anyone who loves an underdog and celebrates justice; the perfect accompaniment for our present times."</em></strong><em> - Olivia Hawker, international bestselling author of The Ragged Edge of Night</em></p><p>Nellie Bly has the story of a lifetime. But will she survive to tell it?</p><p>Enraged by an article entitled ''What Girls Are Good For'', Elizabeth Cochrane pens an angry letter to the Pittsburgh Dispatch, never imagining a Victorian newspaper would hire a woman reporter. Taking the name Nellie Bly, she struggles against the male-dominated industry, reporting stories no one else will - the stories of downtrodden women.</p><p>Chased out of Mexico for revealing government corruption, her romantic advances rejected by a married colleague, Bly ea