"I don't care what the
newspapers
say about me,
just so they say
something."
Molly Brown
| Born
as Margaret Tobin
July 18, 1867 in place called
Hannibal,
Missouri, the world would come to know her
as
Molly Brown, the unsinkable Molly Brown,
to be exact.
Molly was not born
into
money. At the age of 18, she married 32
year
old James Joseph Brown, in September
of 1886, they had only
been dating for about six months. On August
30, 1887, their
first child, Larry Brown
was born. On July 1, 1889, their second child, Helen Brown was born.
These
would be the only two children the Brown's would ever have. Later in
her
life, Molly
would talk about how
these
had been the happiest times of her life,
when
she was surrounded
by her husband, children and family. Though actually taken outside, in
front of a painted backdrop, this photo of Molly Brown, her husband
James
and their two children, Larry and Helen, was taken around the year
1890,
before the Browns became rich.
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In 1894, the Browns packed
up and
moved to Denver and
became active in pilanthropicand political circles. They moved to a new
place called Stumpftown, Colorado where they began a soup kitchen for
the
families of miners. James Brown started out as a miner and he soon
advanced
up to the position of superindentendent. He would gain his fortune by
inventing
a way to get the gold from the very bottom of the mines.
Molly Brown was one of
the
founders of the "Denver
Women's Club. The Denver Women's Club
assisted
women and children
and Molly was working to begin one of the
first
juvenile courts.
Before women even were granted the right to
vote,
Molly made an attempt
to gain a seat in congress. Molly became an
actress
and was also
an activist and devoted Philanthropist.
Molly's trip on the
Titanic
came to be when she
was in Egypt. She got news that one her
grandchildren
was sick. Molly
immediately book her passage on Titanic in
order to go
and be with him.
Molly survived the sinking of Titanice by
getting
into lifeboat number
6 which was under the command of Robert
Hitchens.
The rest is history.
After the sinking of the Titanic, Molly was
asked
why she thought
she had survived. She said "Typical Brown
luck, we're
unsinkable". The
media then started referring to her as "The
unsinkable Molly Brown".
Molly was a woman of
strength
and since she had
educated herself in many languages, she was
able to
aid the other passengers
during the panic of the Titanic's sinking.
Molly's efforts
were rewarded by the French Legion Of
Honour when they
recognized what
she had done to help the passengers as well
as
her work with miner,
children and with women, by giving her an
award.
In the picture below,
Molly
presents a Silver Loving
Cup to the Captain and crew of the
Carpathia on
behalf of the survivors
of the Titanic. This was taken one month
after Titanic
went down.
In 1909, Molly and James
separted
and though they never
divorced nor did the get back together.
Even
after his death
in 1922, Molly never accepted any of the
marriage
proposals she received.
Margaret Tobin Brown
died
October 26, 1932 in New
York, New York. It is said that Molly was
just as
outspoken and
strong willed up until the day she died, as she had ever been. The
picture
below was taken in the year 1931.
In 1964 a movie came out
that
would tell about the
life of Molly Brown. That movie was, of
course, "The
Unsinkable Molly
Brown". Though the movie was not spot on,
100%
real...it did tell
much about her life.
I bought this movie for
my
husband for Christmas
one year. Though I don't normally like
musicals,
this movie was very
well done and is very entertaining, in my
opinion.
You can find out more
about
Molly Brown and see
more pictures of her, her family and much more, by visiting this site
below.
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You can purcahse this movie
or
the soundtrack here:
"The
Unsinkable Molly Brown"
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