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  2. Women and children first - Wikipedia

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    In the 19th and early 20th century, "women and children first" was seen as a chivalric ideal. [3] The concept "was celebrated among Victorian and Edwardian commentators as a long-standing practice – a 'tradition', 'law of human nature', 'the ancient chivalry of the sea', 'handed down in the race'." [3] Its practice was featured in accounts of ...

  3. Mayflower - Wikipedia

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    Mayflower was an English sailing ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After 10 weeks at sea, Mayflower, with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reached what is today the United States, dropping anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on November 21 [O.S. November 11], 1620.

  4. Aristotle's views on women - Wikipedia

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    Aristotle's observations on the household and the ideal polity have caused controversy. In some segments, he does express that women are naturally inferior and ought to be governed, consistently within the household and in the optimal state. Additionally, when discussing the ideal citizen, he frequently employs the term aner, meaning "man ...

  5. Sophia, a Person of Quality - Wikipedia

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    "By Sophia, a Person of Quality" on the cover of Woman Not Inferior to Man, 1739. "Sophia, a Person of Quality" was a pen name used by the author of two English protofeminist treatises published in the mid-18th century, following a period trend of women's histories and political tracts arguing in favor of equal rights known as the querelle des femmes.

  6. La Belle (ship) - Wikipedia

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    On July 24, 1684, La Salle left La Rochelle with four ships: the 36-gun man-of-war Le Joly, the 300-ton storeship L'Aimable, the barque La Belle, and the ketch St. Francois. [12] [13] [14] The ships carried almost 300 people, including 100 soldiers, six missionaries, eight merchants, over a dozen women and children, and artisans and craftsmen.

  7. Women in piracy - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 September 2024. List of women pirates Zheng Yi Sao (1775–1844; right) as depicted in 1836 Part of a series on Women in society Society Women's history (legal rights) Woman Animal advocacy Business Female entrepreneurs Gender representation on corporate boards of directors Diversity (politics ...

  8. SS Atlantic (1870) - Wikipedia

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    SS. Atlantic. (1870) SS Atlantic was a transatlantic ocean liner of the White Star Line, and second ship of the Oceanic-class. The ship operated between Liverpool, United Kingdom, and New York City, United States. During the ship's 19th voyage, on 1 April 1873, she struck rocks and sank off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, killing at least 535 ...

  9. Wellerman - Wikipedia

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    1971 [1] Genre. Folk. " Soon May the Wellerman Come ", also known as " Wellerman " or " The Wellerman ", is a folk song in ballad style [2] first published in New Zealand in the 1970s. The "wellermen" were supply ships owned by the Weller brothers, three merchant traders in the 1800s who were amongst the earliest European settlers of the Otago ...