Why did they called Molly Brown the "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"?

Question

I just want to know why they called her that?

Answer 1

Because she survived the sinking of the Titanic, and apparently remained calm, collected and optimistic throughout the ordeal.

Answer 2

She survived the sinking of the Titanic.

Answer 3

The woman who later became known as the Unsinkable Molly Brown was born Margaret Tobin in 1867. Her birthplace is at Denkler Alley and Butler Street in Hannibal, Missouri, U.S.A..

As a young girl, Molly learned to steer a boat on the Mississippi River and, for a while, she worked as a waitress at the Park Hotel. She then moved west to Denver, Colorado after one of her customers, Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) told her about the riches of the Rocky Mountains. She married and, in 1890, her husband struck it rich in the mines of Leadville. They bought a sixteen-room house on 1340 Pennsylvania Street which is now a museum of Victoriana.

During the sinking of the Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland on April 14, 1912, Molly Brown was reputed to have rowed for seven and a half hours and delivered herself and her passengers to safety on Lifeboat No.6. She became known as the only woman to have done so and thus earned her nickname "Unsinkable". Later, she liked to entertain the society leaders with her picturesque descriptions of the event. Many historians, however, consider Molly Brown's story to be only a legend.

Answer 4

Because she survived the sinking of RMS Titanic.  She was traveling either 1st or 2nd class, so she was allowed into the lifeboats immediately.  Poor women in steerage mostly died.

Answer 5

Because she's unsinkable? Or fat [fat floats]? Or a fish!

Answer 6

It was partly because of her having survived the sinking of the Titanic, but also because of her lifelong refusal to be defined by her current circumstances.  

She was raised poor, achieved wealth (well, okay, she married a guy that achieved wealth), failed to be accepted in American "high society", and went to Europe where she became a celebrity.

It was the Titanic, but more than that.

Answer 7

I think cause she was fat, at least she was in Titanic. Fat people have more "blubber," which causes them to float more easily!

Answer 8

I am pretty sure it is because she was one of the few who made it to the lifeboats, a lifeboat that was filled with less than 20 people when they were made for 65 men. After the ship went down, Molly wanted to turn the lifeboat around and try and save a few peoples' lives.

Everyone else on the lifeboat thought she was crazy and no one took her side, for fear of the lifeboat being overtaken. She took a great stand in trying to help those left for death, but in the end could do nothing.

Basically she was said to be very loud-spoken and tenacious, perhaps given her traits, "Unstoppable" would have been more appropriate, but given the circumstances of the Titanic, that is where the nickname "Unsinkable" came from.