Podcast Episode 83 - Margaret from Leadville Does More than Just Survive the Titanic
Until a 1964 movie based on a 1960 play saddled her with the name “Molly” (which she was never referred to in life), she was known around the world as Margaret “Maggie” Brown. She was a philanthropist, an activist, and a world traveler. In everything she did and everything she experienced, she took control of her situation and used it to benefit those in need around her. While her real life story is amazing, Hollywood chose to rewrite it three decades after her death to be more soap opera sensational. Unsatisfied with the names she actually went by, scriptwriters created the name “Molly” and hung it around her postmortem neck like the proverbial albatross.
In this episode, we take a more factual look at the life of Maggie Brown from her earliest days of taking control of her life to her receiving of the French Legion of Honor half a century later.
Maggie Brown in 1910.
Maggie Brown presents Carpathia Captain Rostron with a loving cup trophy on behalf of the Titanic survivors.
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