‘Women and children first!” Captain Edward Smith yelled to passengers and crew after the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg 100 years ago — a directive that heralded one of the last great acts of chivalry, of gentlemanly sacrifice in the face of disaster.
And as the statistics show, that directive was followed: 72% of women on that ill-fated ship lived to see another day. Fifty percent of children survived. Just 19% of men made it to safety, and many of those, including ship company chairman J. Bruce Ismay, were initially reviled for appearing to put their own lives before those of women and children.
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