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Why did the woman and children go on the life boats first on the titanic?
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∙ 14y ago
Mainly because of chivalry. Manners were much more formal in the early 20 century and the men thought it best to care care of the women and children before themselves. The saying "women and children first" is known as the Birkinhead drill after a fanous incident in 1852 when the troopship HMS Birkinhead foundered near Cape Town, South Africa. There was not enough lifeboats for the troops and their families so the soldiers stood firm and allowed the women and children to go first.
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∙ 11y agoIt was the morals of the time, it was gentlemanly to give ones life to save women children.
This moral was never a part of international maritime law, but was a much used practice before. It has probably origin from February 1852, when it was used in a ship called HMS Birkenhead. When the ship sank, the men was told to "Stand fast" and let the women and children board the few lifeboats that were. This resulted in the survival of all the women and children, while most of the men died. The phrase "Women and Children first" was later called the "Birkenhead Drill".
On the Titanic, 74 % of the women, and 52 % of the children was saved, while only 20 % of the men were saved, so we can see that "Women and children first" was used on the Titanic.
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∙ 12y agoMainly because of chivalry. Manners were much more prevalent, and the men thought it best to care care of the women and children before themselves.
The saying "women and children first" is known as the Birkinhead drill after a famous incident in 1852 when the troopship HMS Birkinhead foundered near Cape Town, South Africa. There was not enough lifeboats for the troops and their families so the soldiers stood firm and allowed the women and children to go first.
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∙ 11y agoIn my opinion, because children are young and they need to live, and for women, they're the ones who keep the human race going because they're the ones who have babies.
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∙ 15y agoThe men wanted the families to live rather than themselves.
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∙ 13y agoThat is standard procedure in any lifeboat situation - women and children first.
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∙ 11y agoBecause of the protocol of saving women and children first in the presence of a life-threatening situation, especially on a ship
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∙ 6y agoThis was Edwardian chivalry at it's finest.
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∙ 12y agochivalry
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Who were being allowed onto the lifeboats first on the titanic?
There were different criteria among the officers while loading passengers onto boats. Murdochs policy was 'women and children first'. Lightoller's was 'women and children ONLY' - until only the collapsibles were left and all the women seemed to be gone. Which is why him, Bride, and Gracie were on overturned boat B
Who has been appointed as India's First woman Finance Secretary?
there are 1000000000 people that were on the titanic
Was it easy to escape the titantic?
No. It wasn't easy to escape the Titanic. Since they didn't have enough life boats they wanted to have "Woman and Children first" So they can get them out. If you were a man, you had to stay on the boat as it was sinking. And if you disobeyed then you be shot. (Or punished: Taking away life belt and pushes off the boat) And of course the water was deep so you had to be a great swimmer. And the water was very VERY cold. And you would of died. Unless you were saved by a lifeboat
Why should kids and woman go first like in the Titanic?
That was chivalry which was probably more prevalent in the early 20th century.
Why where the women told to leave the Titanic first?
Many of the female passengers refused to leave the Titanic because they either thought it was wrong to leave the men or they were so devoted to their men that they wouldn't not leave them to die when they knew that this was exactly what would happen when they left. Many of the women believed it better to die WITH their men as well, instead of dying alone or leaving the men to die alone.
What happen in the Titanic story?
some people are saved in small boats. Woman and children first. More information in Kaspar King of Cats by Michael Morpurgo/My story - titanic
Were the men onboard the titanic always willing to let woman and children first?
yes
How many woman and children esacape the titanic?
369 women and children survived Titanic.
How many woman lived after the titanic crash?
389 women and children were saved from Titanic.
Why could only women and not men leave the titanic when it was sinking?
Woman carry babies. Men don't really do much but fertilize it so therefore, to keep the human generation going, woman were the first to get on the boats.
Who were being allowed onto the lifeboats first on the titanic?
There were different criteria among the officers while loading passengers onto boats. Murdochs policy was 'women and children first'. Lightoller's was 'women and children ONLY' - until only the collapsibles were left and all the women seemed to be gone. Which is why him, Bride, and Gracie were on overturned boat B
How many woman died in the Titanic crash?
Well mostly the men tied, the women got to go in safety boats while the men stayed on the boat and died. Some women died on the mini boats but others reached land.
Who has been appointed as India's First woman Finance Secretary?
there are 1000000000 people that were on the titanic
What was something good that came out of te sinking of the Titanic?
Regulations on safety boats, to make sure everyone had the ability to get saved.. Also that it helped speed up the right for woman to vote.
Who was the first woman to go on a boat?
People have been travelling on boats since before we started writing down history, so the name of the first woman is not recorded. The first people to use boats were probably Africans who went to Australia in boats some time between 100,000 and 50,000 years ago. Many of these would have been women.
Was it easy to escape the titantic?
No. It wasn't easy to escape the Titanic. Since they didn't have enough life boats they wanted to have "Woman and Children first" So they can get them out. If you were a man, you had to stay on the boat as it was sinking. And if you disobeyed then you be shot. (Or punished: Taking away life belt and pushes off the boat) And of course the water was deep so you had to be a great swimmer. And the water was very VERY cold. And you would of died. Unless you were saved by a lifeboat
Why should kids and woman go first like in the Titanic?
That was chivalry which was probably more prevalent in the early 20th century.
