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WIH Unsinkable Margaret Brown Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/14/2021
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Don't go to the given coordinates.  The cache isn't there.  Read the article, and answer the questions correctly to find the actual coordinates.  

This is another of the Women In History series, created by MAMD in NH. 

This cache is based on one in NJ, GC3FEXF, but with the WIH treatment. 

 

 


 

Margaret "Molly" Brown

Margaret "Molly" Brown  (July 18, 1867 – October 26, 1932) was an American socialite, philanthropist, and activist who became famous due to her survival of the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic, after exhorting the crew of Lifeboat No. 6 to return to look for survivors. She became known after her death as The Unsinkable Molly Brown.

Born Margaret Tobin in Hannibal, Missouri. At age 18, Margaret relocated to Leadville, Colorado with her sister, and got a job in a department store. It was here she met and married James Joseph Brown (1854–1922), nicknamed J.J., an enterprising, self-educated man. Brown had always planned to marry a rich man but she married J.J. for love. She said, “I wanted a rich man, but I loved Jim Brown. I thought about how I wanted comfort for my father and how I had determined to stay single until a man presented himself who could give to the tired old man the things I longed for him. Jim was as poor as we were, and had no better chance in life. I loved Jim, but he was poor. Finally, I decided that I'd be better off with a poor man whom I loved than with a wealthy one whose money had attracted me. So I married Jim Brown.” The family acquired great wealth anyway when J.J.'s engineering efforts proved instrumental in the production of a substantial ore seam at the Little Jonny Mine of his employers, Ibex Mining Company, and he was awarded 12,500 shares of stock and a seat on the board.

In Leadville, Margaret first became involved with the women's suffrage issue, helping to establish the Colorado chapter of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and working in soup kitchens to assist miners' families. In 1894, the Browns moved to Denver, Colorado, which gave the family more social opportunities. Margaret became a charter member of the Denver Woman's Club, whose mission was the improvement of women's lives by continuing education and philanthropy. Adjusting to the trappings of a society lady, Brown became well-immersed in the arts and fluent in French, German, and Russian. In 1909 she ran for the U.S. Senate.

Margaret was conveyed to the passenger liner RMS Titanic as a first class passenger aboard the tender SS Nomadic at Cherbourg, France. The Titanic sank early on April 15, 1912 after striking an iceberg the night before. Margaret helped others board the lifeboats but was finally convinced to leave the ship in Lifeboat No. 6. She would later be regarded as a heroine for her efforts to get Lifeboat 6 to go back to search for survivors. Molly Brown was dubbed "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" by historians because she helped in the ship's evacuation, taking an oar herself in her lifeboat and protesting for the lifeboat to go back to try to save more people.

Margaret's fame as a Titanic survivor helped her promote the issues she felt strongly 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. During World War I in France, she worked with the American Committee for Devastated France to rebuild areas behind the front line, and helped wounded French and American soldiers. She was awarded the French Légion d'Honneur for her good citizenship, activism, and philanthropy in America.

In 1985, she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame

Margaret Brown has been portrayed many times on television, movies,and in a 1960 Broadway Musical, called "the Unsinkable Molly Brown".  Tammy Grimes won a Tony for her portayal of Brown in 1961.   Debbie Reynolds took the part for the movie of the same name in 1964.  In 1997, Kathy Bates portrayed her in the movie, "Titanic."  

Holllywood  and Broadway took some liberties with the story.  She was not called Molly in real life.  She was not an orphan who floated through a flood as an infant.  But she was a heroine on the Titanic, saving lives and showing great courage and leadership. 

 

Solve for N 44° AB.CDE' W 72° Q.XZ '

 

 

Margaret Brown was on the Titanic in C9DE

Tammy Grimes won an award for playing Molly Brown In A96B.

Kathy Bates played Molly in 19XQ

Math Problem:  Last two digits of the year she ran for senate.  Add her Titanic lifeboat number. Multiply by 2.  Subtract 5.  The answer is Z. 

 

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)