Even though her name was technically Margaret, she was known better as “The Unsinkable Molly Brown†after demonstrating bravery during the Titanic tragedy demanding that her lifeboat return to the ship to rescue more survivors (despite the chance they could be sucked into the vacuum of the sinking ship). She was a feisty Irish woman who married a self-made man. She herself became not only a socialite, but a philanthropist and a fighter for women’s rights, laborers and children’s literacy. She used her fame after the Titanic incident to promote the causes she felt worthwhile.
