Helen Churchill Candee | |
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Born | Helen Churchill Hungerford October 5, 1858 |
Died | August 23, 1949 | (aged 90)
Spouse |
Edward Willis Candee
(m. 1880; div. 1896) |
Helen Churchill Candee (October 5, 1858 – August 23, 1949) was an American author, journalist, interior decorator, feminist, and geographer. Today, she is best known as a survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912, and for her later work as a travel writer and explorer of southeast Asia.