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Also Known As Maggie Brown • Margaret Brown • Margaret Tobin
Born July 18, 1867 • Hannibal • Missouri
Died October 26, 1932 (aged 65) • New York City • New York

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The “Unsinkable Molly Brown”
Carpathia Capt. Arthur Henry Rostron and Molly Brown
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Thomas Andrews
Thomas Andrews
Irish ship designer
J. Bruce Ismay
J. Bruce Ismay
British businessman
William James Pirrie, Viscount Pirrie
William James Pirrie, Viscount Pirrie
Canadian shipwright
The “Millionaire's Captain”
Edward J. Smith
British captain
Abby Hadassah Smith
American suffragist
Julia Evelina Smith
American suffragist
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
American suffragist
Jovita Idár
Jovita Idár
Mexican American journalist, teacher, and activist
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American suffragist
Victoria Woodhull
Victoria Woodhull
American social reformer
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
American activist
Charlotte Forten Grimké
Charlotte Forten Grimké
American abolitionist and educator
Mary Putnam Jacobi
Mary Putnam Jacobi
American physician
Abigail Jane Scott Duniway.
Abigail Jane Scott Duniway
American suffragist
Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt
American feminist leader
Blatch, Harriot Eaton Stanton
Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
American suffragist
Frances E.W. Harper
Frances E.W. Harper
American author and social reformer
Isabella Beecher Hooker.
Isabella Beecher Hooker
American suffragist
Lillie Devereux Blake.
Lillie Devereux Blake
American author
Maud Wood Park.
Maud Wood Park
American suffragist

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