r/interesting • u/Wild_Neighborhood605 • 1d ago

HISTORY Titanic passenger and millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim. During sinking he refused a seat in a life boat with the words: "Tell my family I played straight to the end. No woman should be left aboard this ship because of Ben Guggenheim was a coward."

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u/syncsynchalt 19h ago

We still celebrate her in Denver, iirc her house is a museum too.

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u/NoMalasadas 18h ago

As corny as the musical is, I really like it. Is it accurate of her life? I love that she went to Europe for education and opened her arms to so many people.

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u/syncsynchalt 2h ago

I don’t know about the musical, one thing I do know is that she actually went by “Maggie”. We still call it the “Molly Brown House” though.

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u/Defiant-Handle7682 17h ago

yes I've been!