23 Facts About Margaret Brown

Margaret Brown, posthumously known as the "Unsinkable Molly Brown", was an American socialite and philanthropist.

Margaret Brown was a survivor of the RMS Titanic, which sank in 1912, and she unsuccessfully urged the crew in Lifeboat No 6 to return to the debris field to look for survivors.

Margaret Brown Tobin was born on July 18,1867, near the Mississippi River in Hannibal, Missouri, on Denkler's Alley.

Margaret Brown's parents were Irish Catholic immigrants John Tobin and Johanna Tobin.

Margaret Brown's siblings were Daniel Tobin, Michael Tobin, William Tobin, and Helen Tobin.

Margaret Brown had two half-sisters: Catherine Bridget Tobin, by her father's first marriage, and Mary Ann Collins, by her mother's first marriage.

At age 18, Margaret Brown relocated to Leadville, Colorado, with her siblings Daniel Tobin, Mary Ann Collins Landrigan, and Mary Ann's husband John Landrigan.

Margaret Brown was not a rich man, and she married JJ for love.

In Leadville, Margaret Brown helped by working in soup kitchens to assist miners' families.

Margaret Brown became a charter member of the Denver Woman's Club, whose mission was the improvement of women's lives by continuing education and philanthropy.

Margaret Brown co-founded a branch in Denver of the Alliance Francaise to promote her love of French culture.

JJ was not interested in the social life that Margaret Brown enjoyed and the couple began to drift apart.

Margaret Brown received a US$700 monthly allowance to continue her travels and political work.

Margaret Brown assisted in fundraising for Denver's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, which was completed in 1911.

Margaret Brown worked with Judge Ben Lindsey to help destitute children and establish one of the United States' first juvenile courts.

Margaret Brown spent the first months of 1912 in Paris, visiting her daughter and as part of the John Jacob Astor IV party, until she received word from Denver that her eldest grandchild, Lawrence Palmer Margaret Brown Jr.

Margaret Brown immediately booked passage on the first available liner leaving for New York, the RMS Titanic.

Margaret Brown's urgings were met with opposition from Quartermaster Robert Hichens, the crewman in charge of lifeboat 6.

In 1914, six years before the Nineteenth Amendment granted women the right to vote, Brown ran for Colorado's US Senate seat, but she ended her campaign to serve abroad as the director of the American Committee for Devastated France during World War I Also in 1914, she contributed to miners and their families after the 1914 Ludlow Massacre and she helped organize the International Women's Rights conference that year, which was held in Newport, Rhode Island.

Margaret Brown was buried next to JJ at St Brigid's cemetery, now known as Cemetery of the Holy Rood, in Westbury, New York, following a small ceremony on October 31,1932, attended by close friends and family.

Margaret Brown was concerned about the rights of workers and women, education and literacy for children, historic preservation, and commemoration of the bravery and chivalry displayed by the men aboard the Titanic.

The theme park Disneyland Paris features a 19th-century riverboat attraction, the Molly Margaret Brown Riverboat, named after her.

In 1985, Margaret Brown was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame.