August 10, 2021
St Martin’s Press
NetGalley
Historical, nonfiction, arc, digital, publisher invite
304 pages
4/5
Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them
8/29/22-8/30/22
Sara Beth Haring
St. Martin's Press
Marketing Manager
This book provides entertaining stories of women who worked aboard glorious ocean liners as well as the celebrity women who often traveled on them. There were many notable historic people who enjoyed the freedom of travel on the open seas. This was an ideal job for single or widowed women as it provided economic freedom and socialization. The evolution of these ocean liners provided safety as well as luxury akin to a traveling hotel. Safety of course was a major concern after the tragedy of the Titantic hitting an iceberg in 1912. Of course, even the fanciest vessels are breeding grounds for disease given the close quarters of the guests isolated out at sea. One woman in particular, Violet Jessop, stands out as being a stewardess for 42 years on the sea. It is also noted that she survived several tragic ship sinkings, such as the Titanic, Lusitania, and Britannic. She was deemed the "Unsinkable Stewardess."
There were many interesting people and their ancestry who migrated to the United States via these grand vessels. Charles Dickens and his wife were noted travelers as well as a family that would create a real estate empire in New York. Mary Anne MacLeod travelled to Transylvania, New York with her sister Catherine "Kate" Ann Reid. She had a daughter Annie out of wed lock before marrying in New York to George Reid, a butler from Scotland. Mary Anne met and married Frederick Christ Trump, who was a German property developer running a company with his mother Elizabeth. Although he was 7 years older than Mary Anne, they bore several children: first child Maryanne, Fred Jr, Elizabeth, Donald John and Robert.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley and St Martin’s Press. My voluntary review is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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