This week on our program, we tell the story of the woman remembered as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."

VOA: special.2010.03.08

The popular story of Molly Brown is that she was on the Titanic returning home to a happy life with her husband.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

The name "Molly" was often used as an insult for an Irish girl, and nobody in her own life called her that.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

In the nineteen sixty-four movie "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" she was played by Debbie Reynolds.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

So what lesson is there to learn from the myth of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown?"

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Kristen Iversen is an English professor and author of "Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth."

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Molly Philbin is the Education and Community Garden director for the Earthbox Company.

VOA: special.2011.06.14

Each year about fifty thousand people visit the Molly Brown House.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Molly had broken colonial law by marrying a black man.

VOA: special.2010.11.20

And they learn about the real Molly Brown.

VOA: special.2010.03.08