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- ISBN 9781803997827
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 09 Apr 2026
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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‘I feel you have captured the essence of my Great Aunt Helen.’ – Howard Ostby, descendant of Titanic survivor Helen Ostby
The early 1900s were a man’s world, and the Titanic was no exception. Even today, the stories we know about that fateful night mostly revolve around men and their actions, despite there having been nearly 500 women and girls on board.
From the stewardess who survived three different maritime disasters to the mother whose young children were kidnapped and taken aboard the Titanic, and from the Carpathia passenger whose reports on the Titanic started a journalism career to the woman who went down with the ship but who no one remembered seeing, Melinda E. Ratchford tells the stories of women whose lives were inextricably linked to the sinking, revealing the world as it was for women in 1912.
Titanic Women’s Stories is an investigation into the lives of these women before, during and after the tragedy that irrevocably changed both their world and ours.
MELINDA E. RATCHFORD is a retired college professor who became gripped by the Titanic story at just 10 years old. As an adult, she was lucky to travel with the Discovery Channel to the Titanic wreck site in 1996, where she met with survivors and other Titanic aficionados. She has previously written for Voyage: The Official Journal of Titanic International, Inc., and has given over 300 talks to schools, civic group, book clubs, libraries, churches, and senior citizens groups throughout North Carolina. She has acted as a consultant for Bearport Publishing’s six-book series for K-9 entitled Titanica and has made it her mission to visit all major Titanic sites.
