The Unsinkable Molly Brown

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The most interesting talk of the past two days was The Unsinkable Molly Brown, by Janet Kalstrom, who presented in the first person. It was standing room only in the lounge where she spoke.



The estranged wife of Mr J.J. Brown, Margaret Brown, was travelling alone from France to New York to visit her sick grandchild whom she had never seen, when the disaster happened. Known as Maggie to close friends (the name Molly was created by Hollywood), she was in bed reading a book when the Titanic struck the iceberg.



She ventured in to the hallway when she thought it was odd the ship’s engines had stopped, however it wasn’t until she returned to her cabin and saw a “bug-eyed” man looking through her window telling her to put on her lifejacket and get outside.



Two men lifted her into her lifeboat where she disagreed with instructions given by the lifeboat’s captain, and admitted to thinking at one stage everyone would be better served if he were to “swim”.



On the Capathia, Maggie was elected president of the committee formed to look after the survivors’ welfare. She was dubbed “unsinkable” by an author who wrote a book about the disaster in the 1930s.

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The Unsinkable Molly Brown, by Janet Kalstrom, who presented in the first person.

Comments

[Katherine Wilson]

Loving these posts. I am fascinated with the Titanic (and Mary Rose). Enjoy rest of trip.

[WhatsWattsDoin]

Thank you.
Thank you Katherine.