Violet Jessop was a mariner. An Argentinian born to Irish immigrants in the 1880s, she spent her childhood taking care of her younger siblings, three of whom died. She herself survived a bout of tuberculosis, back when that was a thing that would almost definitely kill you, shortly before her dad died. When her mother too became ill, Jessop became a stewardess aboard the RMS Olympic, the largest luxury liner of its day. On September 20, 1911, the Olympic collided with a British naval ship. She suffered the death of her siblings and father, tuberculosis, and a boat crash.
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