Margaret Tobin Brown (July 18, 1867 - October 26, 1932), also known as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," (although she was never known as "Molly" in her lifetime) was an American socialite, philanthropist and activist who became famous as one of the survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

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Margaret was born in Hannibal, Missouri, one of six children of Irish immigrants. At 18, she moved to Leadville, Colorado, with her sister, obtaining a job in a department store. It was here she met and married James Joseph Brown (J.J.), an enterprising, self-educated man in 1886. Maggie had always planned on marrying a rich man but she married J.J. for love. She said, "I wanted a rich man, but I loved Jim Brown. I thought about how I wanted comfort for my father and how I had determined to stay single until a man presented himself who could give to the tired old man the things I longed for him. Jim was as poor as we were, and had no better chance in life. I struggled hard with myself in those days. I loved Jim, but he was poor. Finally, I decided that I'd be better off with a poor man whom I loved than with a wealthy one whose money had attracted me. So I married Jim Brown."

It was also in Leadville that she first became involved in women's rights, helping to establish the Colorado chapter of the National American Women's Suffrage Association, and worked in soup kitchens to assist miners' families. The family came into great wealth when J.J's engineering efforts proved instrumental in the production of a substantial gold and copper seam at the Little Jonny mine of his employers, Ibex Mining Company, and he was awarded 12,500 shares of stock and a seat on the board.

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@shoomlah I had Molly simply b/c she wore argyle sweaters, glasses, had brown hair. What would the theory say about the new homeless doll?
lstigerts (Lauren Hall-Stigerts) Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:32:19 -0000
@shoomlah I had Molly simply b/c she wore argyle sweaters, glasses, had brown hair. What would the theory say about the new homeless doll?
Great time at Manchester Wine Festival, everyone loved Molly Brown's Wines, told us our Las Moras Gran Shiraz was the best wine of the show!
MollyBrownsWine (Molly Brown) Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:58:54 -0000
Great time at Manchester Wine Festival, everyone loved Molly Brown's Wines, told us our Las Moras Gran Shiraz was the best wine of the show!
Ok, it's 9:00...I'm waiting for the brown line...gotta get home, drop off my shit, pick up other shit, go to class by 11. Go team Molly.
MollyRobison (Molly Robison) Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:59:42 -0000
Ok, it's 9:00...I'm waiting for the brown line...gotta get home, drop off my shit, pick up other shit, go to class by 11. Go team Molly.
Molly Brown is my hero. The Kathy Bates and Debbie Reynolds versions :) #titanic
molliemoon (molliemoon) Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:24:12 -0000
Molly Brown is my hero. The Kathy Bates and Debbie Reynolds versions :) #titanic
Colorado adventures: Wedding yesterday, Buffalo Bill's grave and (unsinkable) Molly Brown's house today.
fishno12 (Roxy) Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:22:39 -0000
Colorado adventures: Wedding yesterday, Buffalo Bill's grave and (unsinkable) Molly Brown's house today.
Watching Titanic. Molly Brown is still my favorite character.
abciscrazy (Alexandria Cross) Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:12:51 -0000
Watching Titanic. Molly Brown is still my favorite character.

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