107 #87: ‘Molly” Brown tried to make lifeboat number six go back to pick up survivors, but was prevented by Quartermaster Robert Hichens

TRUE. Margaret Brown’s own account, told to the New York Times on 20th April, 1912, makes no mention of her

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107 #25: ‘Molly’ Brown was treated with condescension by other first class passengers because she was ‘new money’

FALSE. James Cameron’s 1997 film gave the impression that the majority of First Class passengers were boring and narrow-minded snobs

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