In 1901 she was one of the first students to enroll at the Carnegie Institute in New York. In 1894 they moved to Denver, Colorado, which gave the family more social opportunities and Margaret became a charter member of The Denver Woman's Club, whose mission was the improvement of women's lives through continuing education and philanthropy. The family came into great wealth when J.J's engineering efforts proved instrumental in the production of a substantial gold and copper seam at the Little Jonny (sic) mine of his employers, Ibex, and he was awarded 12,500 shares of stock and a seat on the board. It was also in Leadville that she first became involved in women's rights, helping to establish the Colorado chapter of the National American Women's Suffrage Association, and worked in soup kitchens to assist miners' families. It was here she met and married James Joseph Brown (J.J) in 1886. At 18, she moved to Leadville, Colorado with her sister, obtaining a job in a department store. Margaret was born in Hannibal, Missouri, one of six children of Irish immigrants. Margaret Tobin Brown (JOctober 26, 1932), also known as The Unsinkable Molly Brown, was an American socialite, philanthropist and activist who became famous as one of the survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
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