Trivia

Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 71-73 (as Brown, Margaret Tobin). New York: Oxford University Press (2002).

Brown boarded the RMS Titanic as a first-class passenger on the evening of April 10, 1912, conveyed aboard the SS Nomadic at Cherbourg, France and sailed for New York City that night. The Titanic sank early on at around 2:20 AM on April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg at around 11:40 PM the previous night.

Brown helped other people board the lifeboats but was finally persuaded to abandon ship in Lifeboat No. 6, taking an oar herself and urging the lifeboat crew to go back and save more passengers. More than 1,500 people aboard the Titanic perished; there were more than 2,200 people on the ship.

Upon being rescued by the RMS Carpathia, Brown proceeded to organized a committee with other first-class survivors. The committee worked to secure basic necessities for the second- and third class survivors, and even provided informal counseling.

Brown's fame as a Titanic survivor helped her promote philanthropic and activism issues she felt strongly about. She was concerned about the rights of workers and women, education and literacy for children, historic preservation, and commemoration of the bravery and chivalry displayed by the men aboard the Titanic.

Avoca Lodge, known as The Molly Brown Summer House, is in southwest Denver, Colorado near Bear Creek; the home served as a summer retreat for Brown and her husband James Joseph Brown. It is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.

The three-room cottage where Brown was born is now the Molly Brown Birthplace and Museum; it was seated at 600 Butler Street it Hannibal, Missouri until 2024. After dealing with issues of black mold for years, on December 17, 2024 the Molly Brown Birthplace was moved to Main Street in Hannibal, across the street from the Mark Twain boyhood home.

Brown's home in Denver, Colorado has been a museum since 1971, and it is called the Molly Brown House Museum. There is a trail marker outside it as part of the National Votes for Women Trail; the marker was stolen in November 2023, but was found later that month.

Following her death, she was interred with her husband James Joseph Brown at St. Brigid's cemetery, now known as the Cemetery of the Holy Rood, in Westbury, New York.

Is portrayed by Marilu Henner in Titanic (1996) and Kathy Bates in Titanic (1997).