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Women and Children First? The Administration of Titanic Relief in Southampton, 1912-59

2012; Oxford University Press; Volume: CXXVII; Issue: 524 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/ehr/cer352

1477-4534

Sarah Gregson,

Australian History and Society

One of the principal narratives woven around the 1912 sinking of the Titanic is that the tragedy united people around the world in a shared sense of horror and grief. This study examines the administration of the relief fund collected for victims and questions the established image of social unity and collective suffering. The records of the Southampton Titanic Relief Fund reveal welfare processes imbued with class and gender prejudices that consigned many of the relatives of victims to poverty-stricken lives, despite the massive fund collected in their names.