The practice of “women and children first” was popularized in 1852, 60 years before Titanic sank. Early that year, the HMS Birkenhead departed from South Africa carrying several hundred ...

Using information about the Titanic from this Web site ... Were the men onboard always willing to allow "women and children first" into the lifeboats? Do various accounts of the actual sinking ...

The starboard side of the Titanic brushed up against the iceberg ... were roused from their berths and loaded—women and children first—into a fleet of lifeboats that clearly couldn’t ...