Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown (1867-1932) Margaret Tobin was born in Hannibal, Missouri, and followed her brother to the silver mining community of Leadville, Colorado, when she was eighteen. There, she met James J. Brown, a silver mine manager, and they married in 1886. James discovered rich veins of gold and copper in Leadville and became wealthy. He and Margaret moved to Denver where she tried unsuccessfully to become a member of Denver society. The Browns legally separated in 1909, and Mrs. Brown began traveling in the East and in Europe. Brown is perhaps best known for having survived the Titanic sinking in 1912, for which American newspapers dubbed her "the unsinkable Mrs. Brown." She also was active in the struggle for women's suffrage and ran for the U.S. Senate eight years before women could vote. In addition, she supported organized labor causes and joined striking miners at Ludlow, Colorado, site of the Ludlow Massacre of miners, women, and children. Brown died in 1932 in New York City. The 1960 Broadway musical and the 1964 film, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," captured aspects of Brown's life, plus her outspoken character, but both film and play ignored her work on behalf of suffrage, labor, and other social issues.