Titanic 2021: Margaret Brown

 Titanic 2021: Margaret Brown by ric gustafson

Margaret " Molly" Brown was a first class passenger on the Titanic. She was raised in Missouri by Irish Catholic parents. She moved to Leadville Colorado when she was 18. A year later, she married J J Brown. When J J Brown struck it rich through mining, the Browns were rich.

The couple moved to Denver. Molly became a socialite and a philanthropist. Molly and J J split in 1909 after 23 years of marriage. She came onto Titanic with her friends John Jacob Astor IV and his new bride Madeleine. 

She helped get women and children onto the lifeboats. Then she herself was put onto Lifeboat 6. The Denver Post called her " The Unsinkable Molly Brown".

Molly Brown died in 1932. She was 65.

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