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 April 10 ...

In 1908, 21-year-old Violet Jessop began her new job as a steamship stewardess, assisting lady passengers aboard the Orinoco, headed to the West Indies from England. Women workers were still a novelty ...

Violet Jessop was a career woman rarity at the turn of the century, working as a female cabin maid crew member of luxury steamship liners crossing the Atlantic Ocean. At her death of age 83 in 1971, ...

Violet Jessop was a rare career woman at the turn-of-the-century, working as a cabin maid on luxury steamship liners crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Before her death at age 83 in 1971, she found fame as ...