1861-1929

A real-life adventure story follows two daring, American journalists who paved the way for equality as they race against each other--and the clock--circling the globe and proving that women are just as curious, capable and courageous as any man.

Tells the story of New York reporters Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland, two women who raced around the world in the late 1800s.

Recounts the race between newspaper reporters Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland, to travel around the world in eighty days or less on their own in 1889.