The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown

About the Author

Caroline Bancroft (1900-1985) was a third-generation Coloradan who began her literary career by joining the staff of The Denver Post in 1928.

For five years she edited a book page and wrote historical features for the Sunday edition. On a travel assignment for the New York Evening Post, she interviewed a long list of celebrated authors in New York, London, Paris, Holland, and India. Her articles have appeared in many nationally known magazines.

A Bachelor of Arts from Smith College, she later obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Denver, writing her thesis on Central City, Colorado. She has taught Colorado history at Randell School in Denver and is the author of the intensely interesting series of Bancroft Booklets about Colorado, including Historic Central City, Denver’s Lively Past, Augusta Tabor, Tabor’s Matchless Mine and Lusty Leadville, Famous Aspen, Glenwood’s Early Glamour, The Brown Palace, The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown and the extremely popular Colorful Colorado.

“The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown” by Caroline Bancroft is a biographical account of Margaret Tobin Brown, famously associated with the Titanic disaster. The book chronicles her life from humble beginnings in Missouri to her rise as a philanthropist, socialite, and Titanic survivor. It dispels myths about her legendary role during the disaster while highlighting her indomitable spirit, courage, and lifelong pursuit of social acceptance and philanthropy.