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B efore midnight on April 14, 1912, Violet Jessop settled into her bunk on the Titanic, where she worked as a stewardess.She ...
Violet Jessop was an incredibly lucky woman who survived the sinkings of the Titanic and the Britannic as well as a major accident on the Olympic. Born in 1887 in Argentina to Irish immigrants, ...
Violet Jessop served as a nurse and stewardess aboard three sister ships of the famed White Star Line: Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic. All three vessels suffered disasters at sea.
Violet Jessop was a cruise-ship stewardess who survived not one, but two cruise-ship sinkings during her career. Jessop was born on October 2, 1887, outside the city of Bahía Blanca, ...
If you survived multiple shipwrecks, including the 'Titanic,' you might start wondering if you were the angel of death—or Violet Constance Jessop.
In the history of maritime disasters, one figure who really stands out is Violet Jessop. During her career as a stewardess on ocean liners, she survived two major ship sinkings and one collision ...
It was April 15, 111 years ago, when the famed RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. Most history enthusiasts know the backstory of the Titanic, the “unsinkable” ship that set sail on ...
Violet Jessop tended to passengers as a stewardess and saved them when the Titanic sunk. Crown; Bettmann Archive. These “pioneering and intrepid women,” whether passengers or seafarers, “had ...
Violet Jessop worked at sea to support her family. Jessop was born in 1887, the eldest child of an Irish couple living in Argentina. Her early years were marked by hardship.
Violet Jessop worked at sea to support her family. Jessop was born in 1887, the eldest child of an Irish couple living in Argentina. Her early years were marked by hardship.