Collects the newspaper columns of Nellie Bly, a journalist in the late 1800s who was known for writing about her undercover experiences and adventures including checking herself into an asylum and traveling around the world in seventy-two days alone.

Gather up the real smart girls. The girl puzzle (1885) -- Nellie in Mexico (1886) -- Into the madhouse. Behind asylum bars (1887) -- Inside the madhouse (1887) -- Undercover again. The girls who make boxes (1887) -- The king of the lobby (1888) -- The woman question -- Woman's part in politics (1888) -- Should women propose? (1888) -- Champion of her sex: Miss Susan B. Anthony (1896) -- Around the world in seventy-two days. Around the world in seventy-two days (1890) -- On the firing line. Nellie Bly on the battlefield (1914) -- War horrors (1914) -- At the scene of the slaughter (1914) -- At the front (1915) -- Dear Nellie. Nellie Bly finds a home and father for little waif (1919) -- Nellie Bly tells of disappointments (1919).