Heroine of the Titanic : The Real Unsinkable Molly Brown
by Landau, Elaine
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- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395939127
- ISBN 13
- 9780395939123
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Synopsis
Margaret (Molly) Brown is best known for her bravery and compassion during the tragic sinking of the Titanic, which catapulted her to international fame virtually overnight. But few people are aware that she was also an outspoken suffragist, a tireless champion of miners’ rights, and one of the first women to run for the U.S. Congress. Raised in a working-class Mississippi River town, Margaretwho was never called Molly in her lifetimefollowed her brother to a rough-and-tumble Colorado boomtown at a time when few women dared to settle in the then untamed West. She married a silver miner who eventually struck it rich, and she used her new wealth and social prominence to further her own education and to fight for the rights of others, regardless of their race or religious beliefs. This vivid account of Margaret Brown’s remarkable life from well-regarded author Elaine Landau shows how much a strong woman could accomplish, even at a time when few opportunities were available. Archival photographs and excerpts from early-twentieth-century newspapers and Brown family letters provide a clear picture of this forward-looking, energetic individual and the society that she strove to reform. Chronology, endnotes, bibliography, index.
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- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4458335-20
- Title
- Heroine of the Titanic : The Real Unsinkable Molly Brown
- Author
- Landau, Elaine
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395939127
- ISBN 13
- 9780395939123
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- This edition first published
- April 23, 2001
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