Intercontinental travel was often a transformational process for women of all classes, whether escaping to a new life, eluding the past, taking a gamble on the future, or as a practical and convivial way of earning an independent living and seeing something of the world. The ocean liners were financed, engineered and built by men, but they were designed and marketed to appeal particularly to women, who were believed to be instinctively the more cautious and safety-conscious sex, especially after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. The book addresses how transatlantic travel and the opportunities it provided changed many aspects of women’s lives. Whether they were travelling for leisure or pleasure, by virtue of their celebrity or to preserve their anonymity, their individual stories provide fascinating and informative narratives, largely untold till now. Maiden Voyages is a celebration of transatlantic tales, both life-affirming and cautionary, exploring how women’s lives were transformed by their journeys between Europe and North America during the first half of the twentieth century.
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