Nellie Bly: “I said I could and I would. And I did." On International Womens Day, investigative journalist Patricia Devlin shares the story of the woman who is her inspiration 08 Mar 2021 I was a teenage journalism student when I first discovered the magnificent Nellie Bly. It was my first week at university in Northern Ireland and my tutor handed each person in our class a list of suggested books to read for the upcoming term. When scouring the shelves of the campus library, I stumbled across ‘Cupcakes and Kalashnikovs’, a book which, 15 years later, I still pick up and flick through when I need a dose of inspiration.