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February 26, 2018, 09:51 AM
FishOn
One tough wife
In 1856 an American clipper was approaching Cape Horn when its captain collapsed, leaving his 19-year-old wife to navigate through one of the world's deadliest sea passages. She commanded for 56 days, faced down a mutiny, and navigated the clipper ship into San Francisco. While pregnant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Brown_Patten
February 26, 2018, 10:18 AM
rusbro
Impressive, to say the least, especially in that era.
February 26, 2018, 11:14 AM
Aeteocles
Very sad to hear that she and her husband lived very short lives.
February 26, 2018, 11:52 AM
GWbiker
Women had to be tough in those days. There were no shopping Malls to hang out in.


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February 26, 2018, 02:49 PM
soflaac
Gonna remind the wife that when she isn't crewing a ship on the high seas, she's supposed to be hanging out at the mall.


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February 26, 2018, 03:01 PM
FishOn
quote:
Originally posted by rusbro:
Impressive, to say the least, especially in that era.


No kidding. She must also have been a hell of a negotiator to solve the mutiny issue.
February 26, 2018, 03:21 PM
gasche
Crying is not negotiating.
February 26, 2018, 03:23 PM
rusbro
quote:
Originally posted by gasche:
Crying is not negotiating.


Zing!

...but in this case, I think it was the first mate who was crying. Wink
February 26, 2018, 03:27 PM
FishOn
quote:
Originally posted by rusbro:
quote:
Originally posted by gasche:
Crying is not negotiating.


Zing!

...but in this case, I think it was the first mate who was crying. Wink



Exactly.
February 26, 2018, 03:38 PM
fiasconva
She didn't have to negotiate. You ever tried to reason with a raging pregnant woman? *s*


"Even if the world were perfect it wouldn't be." ... Yogi Berra
February 26, 2018, 04:36 PM
Rey HRH
I suppose 19 years old was pretty old by then but still, she was one tough woman.


"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
February 26, 2018, 04:39 PM
Angus the Kid
quote:
Originally posted by fiasconva:
She didn't have to negotiate. You ever tried to reason with a raging pregnant woman? *s*


This.


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February 26, 2018, 06:20 PM
Sunset_Va
quote:
Originally posted by Aeteocles:
Very sad to hear that she and her husband lived very short lives.


Thats my understanding too.
Both she and her husband contracted TB, after the voyage, they returned home via ship, where she gave birth, her husband passed away, and then she passed away couple years later.

No mention of what happened to the child.

They did reward her very well for her bringing the ship and cargo in on time, and the owners of the fleet, gave her funds after she became sick.

Not sure how much $2,200 in 1860's money would be today.


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