Helen Churchill Candee

Helen Churchill Candee (October 5, 1858 – August 23, 1949) was an American author, journalist, interior decorator, feminist and geographer. Today she is best known as a survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912 and for her later work as a travel writer and explorer of southeast Asia.

Read more about Helen Churchill Candee:  Early Life, Career, Aboard The Titanic, Later Life, First World War, Asian Travel and Later Life, Legacy

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