Socialite Madeleine Astor was 18 years old and five months pregnant when she boarded the RMS 'Titanic.' Here's the story of what led to her journey—and how she survived it.

Madeleine Astor was 18 and pregnant when the Titanic went down; she remarried twice and enjoyed a life of privilege, including wintering in Palm Beach.

Months before his death, 47-year-old real estate developer John Jacob Astor IV scandalized New York high society by marrying 18-year-old socialite Madeleine Talmage Force. To make the news even ...

Yes, Madeleine Talmage Astor — who’d later become a seasonal Palm Beacher — was 18 and frightened. She also was five months’ pregnant and had been feeling ill as the couple bunked in a ...

Madeleine Astor was 18 and pregnant when the Titanic went down; she remarried twice and enjoyed a life of privilege, including wintering in Palm Beach.

Madeleine Astor, who had been helped into a lifeboat by her husband, presented the watch to Rostron at a luncheon at her mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York.

Madeleine Astor, who had been helped into a lifeboat by her husband, presented the watch to Rostron at a luncheon at her mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York.

Madeleine Astor, who had been helped into a lifeboat by her husband, presented the watch to Rostron at a luncheon at her mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York.

Madeleine Astor, who had been helped into a lifeboat by her husband, presented the watch to Rostron at a luncheon at her mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York.

Madeleine Astor, who had been helped into a lifeboat by her husband, presented the watch to Rostron at a luncheon at her mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York.