Eva Hart
Eva Miriam Hart MBE (31 January 1905 – 14 February 1996) was an Englishwoman who was one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912.Eva Hart was born on 31 January 1905 in Ilford, Essex (now part of Greater London), England, to a Jewish father and a Christian mother.Eva's mother allegedly felt uneasy about Titanic and feared that some catastrophe would happen; the hubris of calling a ship unsinkable was, in her mind, flying in the face of God.In the 1974 New Year Honours List, Hart was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) "for political and public services in London.Hart frequently criticised the White Star Line for failing to provide enough lifeboats for all aboard Titanic: "If a ship is torpedoed, that's war.[6] Hart insisted in interviews that the ship had broken in half,[7][8] a widely debated rumour that was later proven to be true after the discovery of the wreck site by Robert Ballard in 1985.She was also adamant regarding the controversy surrounding SS Californian, a ship that was only a few miles from Titanic and yet failed to respond to distress rockets and calls for help.[citation needed] In 1994, she wrote an autobiography, Shadow of the Titanic – A Survivor's Story, in which she described her experiences aboard the ship and the lasting implications of its sinking.On April 15, 1995, the 83rd anniversary of the disaster, she and fellow second-class Titanic survivor Edith Brown dedicated a memorial garden plaque on the grounds of the National Maritime Museum in London.[13] Hart's connection to the Titanic and her active involvement in later years made her popular in numerous forms of media, including mentions in non-fiction books, museums and exhibitions.
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