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Helen Churchill Candee (October 5, 1858 – August 23, 1949) was an American author, journalist, interior decorator, feminist, and geographer. Today, she is best known as a survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912, and for her later work as a travel writer and explorer of southeast Asia.
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THE TITANIC HAS OFTEN BEEN CALLED "AN EXQUISITE MICROCOSM OF THE Edwardian era,” but until now, her story has not been presented as such. In Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage, historian Hugh Brewster seamlessly interweaves personal narratives of the lost liner’s most fascinating people with a haunting account of the fateful maiden crossing. Employing scrupulous research and featuring 100 rarely seen photographs, he accurately depicts the ship’s brief life and tragic denouement and presents compelling, memorable portraits of her most notable passengers: millionaires John Jacob Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim; President Taft's closest aide, Major Archibald Butt; writer Helen Churchill Candee; the artist Frank Millet; movie actress Dorothy Gibson; the celebrated couturiere Lady Duff Gordon; aristocrat Noelle, the Countess of Rothes; and a host of other travelers. Through them, we gain insight into the arts, politics, culture, and sexual mores of a world both distant and near to our own. And
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April 10th, 1912 - RMS Titanic departs from the port of Southampton, England and begins her maiden voyage. She was the largest ocean liner at the time, superseding her sister ship, the RMS Olympic in size and luxury. Commanding the liner was Edward J. Smith, a veteran captain of the White Star Line.
On board were some of the most prominent figures of society, such as millionaire John Jacob Astor IV, journalist William T. Stead, feminist Helen Churchill Candee, and actress Dorothy Gibson. Also aboard was Thomas Andrews, the ship’s architect and J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star Line.
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New Post has been published on https://toldnews.com/world/titanic-brandy-flask-sold-at-auction-for-76000/
Titanic brandy flask sold at auction for £76,000
Image copyright HENRY ALDRIDGE & SON
Image caption A letter to the flask’s owner described how it was “badly out of shape” following the disaster
A silver brandy flask given to a first-class passenger shortly before he drowned on the Titanic has sold for £76,000 at auction.
Helen Churchill Candee handed the item, engraved with her family’s motto “Faithful but Unfortunate”, to Edward Kent as the ship was sinking.
She told her friend: “You stand a better chance of living than I.”
Mrs Churchill Candee survived but Mr Kent died along with more than 1,500 people in the disaster.
The flask was found when his body was recovered.
Image copyright HENRY ALDRIDGE & SON
Image caption A rare silk “Hands Across the Sea” postcard written by a third-class passenger was also sold for £38,000
RMS Titanic had been four days into a week-long trans-Atlantic crossing from Southampton to New York when the supposedly “unsinkable” ship struck an iceberg on 14 April 1912.
The liner sank less than three hours later at about 02:20 on 15 April.
The “badly out of shape” flask, sold at Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, was described as “one of the most powerful and emotive three-dimensional objects from the Titanic ever offered for auction”.
It had been returned to the Churchill Candee family by a relative of Mr Kent’s along with a letter of explanation.
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge, who estimated it would fetch between £60,000 and £80,000, said the flask was an “incredibly powerful and poignant piece”.
Image copyright HENRY ALDRIDGE & SON
Image caption The lifeboat plaque has “lifeboat number 12” inscribed on the reverse
Another item auctioned off included a Titanic lifeboat plaque which sold for £45,000 and is believed to have once belonged survivor Margaret Devaney.
A rare silk “Hands Across the Sea” postcard written by third-class passenger Henry Olsen was also sold for £38,000, while a letter written by the liner’s steward, Richard Gedde, went for £15,000.
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Helen Churchill Candee (1858-1949) is perhaps known best for being one of the survivors of the Titanic sinking in 1912; however, she was much more than that. She was an author, journalist, geographer, and devoted feminist.
Her first book, How Women May Earn a Living, was published in 1900 and was a best-seller which aimed to advance women’s rights. Later, she worked as a nurse in Italy during World War I, being decorated for her service. After the war, she travelled extensively through south-east Asia, and as a result published the first major English-language study of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. In 1925, she co-founded the Society of Woman Geographers.
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