Chris Whitacre for Colorado Reflections
Item
Identifier: couda-whitacre
Abstract
Chris Whitacre reflects on her involvement with Historic Denver and writing a book about Molly Brown. Whitacre discusses Margaret Tobin Brown, "the Unsinkable Molly Brown," and her life in Denver. Discusses Brown's rags to riches story, moving to Leadville, surviving the Titanic sinking, and the myths that surround her story. Whitacre discusses the restoration of Molly Brown's Denver home by Historic Denver. Whitacre also discusses Justina Ford, the first Black woman physician in the Rocky Mountain region and her career in Denver.
Dates
- Date Not Yet Determined
Creator
- Cullis, Harry (Interviewer, Person)
Digital Repository
Chris Whitacre for Colorado Reflections
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English, Spanish, and other languages.
Extent
1 Items ; 25 minutes, 14 seconds
- Molly Brown House Museum (Denver, Colo.)
- Black American West Museum and Heritage Center (Denver, Colo.)
- Black women in United States history
- Brown, Margaret Tobin, 1867-1932
- Colorado
- Denver (Colo.)
- Ford, Justina, 1871-1952
- Historic Denver, Inc
- Leadville (Colo.)
- Titanic (Steamship)
- Whitacre, Chris (Interviewee)
- women in history
Source
- University of Colorado at Denver (Organization)
- Heritage Colorado (Organization)
- Auraria Library (Organization)
Creator
- Cullis, Harry (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository