After her trip, she continued writing a few journalism pieces and took time to write a series of novels. In 1895, she married millionaire manufacturer Robert Seaman when she was 31, and he was in his 70s. When Robert died, Nellie was left in charge of the Iron Clad Manufacturing Company and American Steel Barrel Company.
Nellie ended up thriving with the companies for a while. She was an inventor and patented a few products before becoming one of the leading female industrialists in the United States before the businesses eventually went bankrupt.
She returned to reporting in the early 1910s and covered major events like the women’s suffrage movement and World War One. Sadly, Nellie passed away from pneumonia in New York City in 1922 when she was only 57-years-old.
Although Nellie passed away at an earlier age, she accomplished more than some people do in an entire lifetime and is an inspiration to journalists, writers, and activists to this day.
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