The Titanic Memorial is dedicated to the men who died in the shipwreck trying to save the lives of women and children. In 1912, the Titanic collided with an iceberg during her first voyage from England to New York City. The ship sank in 2 hours and 40 minutes. The Titanic was the largest and most luxurious ship ever built up to that time. Of the 2,200 passengers, 1,500 drowned due to lack of response to distress signals and insufficient numbers of lifeboats. Every year, people gather at this sculpture on the anniversary of the Titanic's sinking.

Gertrude Whitney was born wealthy and married a wealthy man. She was a great patron of the arts throughout her life and she helped many other artist show their work. She founded the Whitney Museum in New York. Many critics of her time believed that great artists had to overcome great obstacles to achieve success and that women could not be artists. Whitney, they argued, could never be a serious artist because she never had to suffer for her art.

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