{"product_id":"ladies-first-alina-rush-9781971207261","title":"Ladies First: Titanic's Reckoning with Wealth and Worth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWomen, Class, and Survival on Titanic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\"Women and children first.\" \u003c\/strong\u003eFor more than a century the phrase has been treated as proof that honor and order prevailed as Titanic went down. The reality aboard Titanic was far more uneven-and far more revealing. Titanic has long been remembered as a tragedy of the sea. \u003cstrong\u003eLadies First \u003c\/strong\u003ereveals it as a tragedy of society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In reality, \u003cstrong\u003egender alone did not determine survival\u003c\/strong\u003e. Wealth, class, physical location, language, and access to authority mattered just as much-often more. First-class women were guided quickly to lifeboats. Many third-class women never even reached the deck. Stewardesses charged with keeping order frequently delayed-or lost-their own chances to escape. The rule meant to protect the vulnerable was applied unevenly, reinforcing the very hierarchies the ship was built to maintain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Through the lives of \u003cstrong\u003eimmigrant mothers, newlywed brides, working stewardesses, and women traveling alone\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLadies First\u003c\/em\u003e reconstructs the disaster from the perspectives of women whose experiences were flattened into statistics-or forgotten entirely. Drawing on survivor testimony, official inquiries, and contemporary reporting, it reveals how obedience, trust, and duty shaped decisions long before the iceberg struck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is not a romantic retelling or a catalog of famous names. It is a work of narrative social history that asks a harder question: when the order was given, who benefited-and who paid the price? \u003cstrong\u003eLadies First\u003c\/strong\u003e reframes Titanic as more than a tragedy at sea. It exposes how wealth and worth were measured in crisis, and why the outcomes were never as simple as the legend suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eInside this book you will discover: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Why \u003cstrong\u003e\"women and children first\" was applied unevenly across class lines\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - How \u003cstrong\u003eship design and language barriers prevented many third-class women from reaching lifeboats\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - The role of \u003cstrong\u003estewardesses and working women who delayed their own escape while maintaining order\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - The stories of \u003cstrong\u003eimmigrant mothers, young brides, and women traveling alone across the Atlantic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For readers of \u003cstrong\u003eErik Larson, Nathaniel Philbrick, and David Grann\u003c\/strong\u003e, this book offers a fresh and compelling look at the Titanic-told through the lives of the women who experienced it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alina Rush\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1971207268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781971207261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unbound Press Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Alina Rush","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48437790081279,"sku":"9781971207261","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fec685a9-24d7-48dc-b653-eaa5e885fa97.jpg?v=1777164073","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ladies-first-alina-rush-9781971207261","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}