2015年5月5日,Google在首页放上了 Doodle ,以纪念Nellie Bly的151岁诞辰。我尝试着对那段说明文字进行了翻译。 原文如下: What Girls are Good For: Happy birthday Nellie Bly! googleblog.blogspot.com · by Google · May 4, 2015 In 1880, the Pittsburgh Dispatch published an article titled "What Girls Are Good For.” In dismissive terms, the column’s author wrote that women shouldn't be allowed to work because their place was at home. Days later, a pseudonymous rebuttal appeared in the paper. The response, by a 16-year-old girl whose real name was Elizabeth Jane Cochran, argued how important it was for women to be independent and self-reliant. Within a decade, the author of that response would become known worldwide as Nellie Bly: a hard-hitting young journalist who went undercover at a lunatic asylum and traveled around the world in a record-breaking 72 days. Throughout her life and career, Nellie Bly spoke up for the underprivileged, the helpless and minorities, and defied society’s expectations for women. We ...