After the ship’s massive bronze propellors rose from the sea and the Titanic plunged like a javelin into the icy North Atlantic, Astor went down with it. Madeleine survived. She was among ...

More than a century ago, after losing her husband on the Titanic's disastrous voyage Madeleine Talmage Astor rose to prominence in Palm Beach, where she leased oceanfront estates, socialized and ...