The Girl Puzzle Monument Honoring Nellie Bly — Attraction in New York

The Girl Puzzle Monument honoring activist and journalist Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, pen name Nellie Bly (1864-1922), is a public sculptural installation by American artist Amanda Matthews, CEO/Partner of Prometheus Art Bronze Foundry and Metal Fabrication. The installation is located on the northern tip of Roosevelt Island in Lighthouse Park (named after the Blackwell Island Light) in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The location is significant because of its proximity to the remains of the old Blackwell Island Asylum - The Octagon is the last remnant of the original building where Nellie Bly went undercover as a patient while working as a reporter at the New York World. Nellie Bly wrote of the mistreatment of patients at the asylum in a series of articles and then in 1887 had them compiled into a book, Ten Days in...

I just learned an important woman in history who defied all the odds, Nelly Bly, from this installment. Thank you for installing the Girls Puzzles artworks in this lovely island and for providing the audios!

Special shout out to Amanda Matthews who's gifted to create these amazing artworks. I was so amazed to figure out two distinct faces at the front and back of the sculpture. It gets me to see different perspectives from the same object. Amazing!

Enjoying my visit + learning some new history. So thankful!

Recommended visit. Will...

A hauntingly beautiful sculpture honoring Nellie Bly and located at the north end of Roosevelt Island. It's the perfect installation to balance the Four Freedoms Park and President Roosevelt at the south end of the Island. Three cheers for Amanda Matthews, the creator of this amazing addition to Roosevelt Island: The technology-based university campus, the island of art and galleries and the multifaceted and diverse home to the fortunate resident neighbors of this exciting island at the center of...