This time, Jessop was recruited to work on the Titanic. Olympicĭespite her unfortunate time on the Olympic, Jessop still wanted to travel and keep working as a stewardess and she wasn’t going to stop going on ships. In fact, she was hired to work on the Orinoco, which was a steamer from Royal Mail Line, for a brief period before she was hired by White Star Line.

Through this, she found a lot more success in the interviews she attended. During the course of her career, she received at least three different marriage proposals by both passengers and crew.Īs a result, Jessop decided to make herself look older and less attractive.

They also envisaged problems airing between the passengers and crew over this young girl. The biggest reason for hesitation in hiring her was that her potential colleagues viewed her being there as a distraction. She was only 21 years old and at that time period, middle-aged women made up the majority of stewardesses. One of the biggest problems for Jessop was trying to find a ship that would take her and hire her for the job. Jessop’s mother eventually became extremely ill and in order to take care of the family, Jessop decided it was necessary to work so she followed in mum’s footsteps and made plans to become a ship stewardess herself. At this point, her mother got a job as a stewardess on a ship while Violet attended a convent school. When her father passed away, her mother decided to move to Britain with the entire family.

However, she fought off the disease and went on to live a long life. She was born in 1887 in Argentina and her parents were both Irish immigrants.Īs a young child, she contracted tuberculosis and was only given a few months to live before tuberculosis would certainly claim her life. She faced a lot of challenges and adversities but managed to work her way through each one. Early on for Jessop, her life was anything but easy.

Titanic Survivor by Violet Jessop