10 Facts About Rhoda Abbott

Rhoda Abbott was the only female passenger who went down with the sinking of the ship and survived.

Rhoda Abbott grew up in Aylesbury, and spent her early adulthood in St Albans with her family, before moving to the United States in 1894.

Rhoda Abbott settled as a housewife and mother and was active at the local Grace Episcopal Church, as well as helping around the house.

In 1911, Rhoda Abbott was divorced from her husband, returned to England with her sons on the RMS Olympic, working as a sewer, as well as becoming a soldier in The Salvation Army.

Rhoda Abbott tried to clasp her sons but to no avail.

Several occupants of Boat A had either succumbed or slipped back into the icy water; of the people on board, Rhoda Abbott was one of only 13 who survived.

Rhoda Abbott's legs were badly injured by the immersion in frigid water so that she could not move until arrival in New York.

Rhoda Abbott was one of the last survivors to be discharged.

Rhoda Abbott took care of her husband until his death in 1938.

Rhoda Abbott died in London of heart failure as a result of hypertension on 18 February 1946, at the age of 73.