Women and children first
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women-and-children-first-206-14939516
title:
Women and children first
text:
"Women and children first", known to a lesser extent as the Birkenhead drill, is an unofficial code of conduct whereby the lives of women and children were to be saved first in a life-threatening situation, typically abandoning ship, when survival resources such as lifeboats were limited. However, it has no basis in maritime law. In the 19th and early 20th century, "women and children first" was seen as a chivalric ideal. The concept "was celebrated among Victorian and Edwardian commentators as
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encyclopedia
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Unofficial maritime code of conduct
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_and_children_first
date created:
2006-08-18T00:15:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T04:39:45Z
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