Who is Suzy Weiss?

Suzy Weiss is in her senior year at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She is the Co-Editor-in-Cheif of the campus satirical newspaper, The Every Three Weekly.

Where did Bari come from?

Bari means weight or pressure in ancient and modern Greek. However, bari denotes obese in biblical Hebrew and healthy in modern Hebrew. The Greek language and the Hebrew language (spoken by many ancient Northwest Semitic peoples) come from different language roots.

Why did Nellie Bly change her name?

When Elizabeth Cochran began in journalism in 1885, it was considered inappropriate for a woman to write under her own name. Cochran’s editor chose the name “Nelly Bly” from a Stephen Foster song. However, he also misspelled the name, and she became “Nellie Bly.”