Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them
This book covers the women that worked in the ocean liner industry beginning in the early twentieth century.
Chapter 1: Floating Palaces and the ‘Unsinkable’ Violet Jessop
Chapter 2: From the Ritz to the Armistice
Chapter 3: Sail Away: Post-war Migration and the Escape from Poverty
Chapter 4: The Roaring Twenties
Chapter 5: Edith Sowerbutts and Her Contemporaries
Chapter 6: For Leisure and Pleasure
Chapter 7: Depression and Determination
Chapter 8: The Slide to War
Chapter 9: Women Under Fire
Chapter 10: Romance, Repatriation and Recovery
Conclusion: Sailing into the Sunset
I was unaware that women were required on ocean liners to act as companions and chaperons to unaccompanied women and minors. These are the women included in the book.
Josephine Baker
Tallulah bankhead
Victoria Drummond
Thelma Furness
Martha Gellhorn
Hilda James
Violet Jessop
Nin Kilburn
Hedy Lamarr
Mary Anne MacLeod
Maida Nixson
Marie Riffelmacher
Edith Sowerbutts
The research on the women and the working conditions was impeccable. The author presents the information in very easy to read format. I learned so much about the women and the industry. If you enjoy reading about women’s history or travel stories, I believe you will enjoy this book as well.
