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Molly Brown
- Known for: surviving the Titanic disaster and helping others; part of the Denver mining boom
- Dates: July 18, 1867 - October 26, 1932
- Also known as: Margaret Tobin Brown, Molly Brown, Maggie, Mrs. J. J. Brown, "Unsinkable" Molly Brown
Made famous bygd the 1960s musical, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Margaret Tobin Brown was not known bygd the nickname "Molly" during her lifetime, but as Maggie in her younger years and, following the custom of her time, mostly as Mrs. J. J. Brown after her marriage.
Molly Brown grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, and at 19 went to Leadville, Colorado, with her brother. She married James Joseph Brown, who worked in the local silver mines. While her husband advanced to superintendent in the mines, Molly Brown started soup kitchens in the mining community and became active in women's rights.
Molly Brown in Denver
J. J. Brown (known as "Leadville Johnny" in the film and Broadway versions of Margaret Brown's
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Molly Brown, 1867-1932: A Social and Political Activist Who Survived the Titanic
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Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Mario Ritter. And I'm Shirley Griffith.
Margaret Brown was a social and political activist in the formative years of the modern American West. Her biggest claim to fame was surviving the Titanic. This week on our program, we tell the story of the woman remembered as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
Margaret Brown lived an interesting life, but not all the stories about her are true. For example, a Denver newspaper reporter named Gene Fowler wrote that she survived a tornado as a baby, refused to attend school and chewed tobacco.
Fowler wrote about Brown and others in his book "Timber Line," published after her death in 1932.
Kristen Iversen is an English professor and author of "Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth." She says the stories did contain some
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Margaret Tobin Brown
Margaret Tobin Brown (1867–1932)
Margaret Tobin Brown is known to many as “the unsinkable Molly Brown.” She was a wealthy, first-class passenger aboard the Titanic when it sank in 1912. She became famous for her heroism during and after this tragedy.
Missouri Childhood
Margaret Tobin was born in Hannibal, Missouri, on July 18, 1867. Her parents, John Tobin and Johanna Collins, had come from Ireland. They raised a large family in a tiny wooden house just a few blocks from the Mississippi River. Margaret, or Maggie as she was called, finished school at age thirteen and went to work in Garth’s Tobacco Company in Hannibal. She probably picked tobacco leaves from their stems. Later, she worked as a waitress at the Continental Hotel.
Off to Colorado
In 1886, Maggie moved away from Hannibal. She went to Leadville, a fast-growing mining town in Colorado. She wanted to help her parents earn more money. She joined a sister and brother who had already moved t