The ocean liner was a microcosm of contemporary society, divided by class: from the luxury of the upper deck, playground for the rich and famous, to the cramped conditions of steerage or third class travel. Maiden Voyages is a fascinating portrait of these women, and their lives on board magnificent ocean liners as they sailed between the old and the new worlds. Their stories have remained largely untold - until now. Some travelled for leisure, some for work others to find a new life, marriage, to reinvent themselves or find new opportunities. It was an extraordinary undertaking made by many women. Print Maiden Voyages - Women and the Golden Age of Transatlantic TravelĪ VIVID PORTRAIT OF WOMEN'S LIVES DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELīefore convenient air travel, transatlantic travel was the province of the great ocean liners and never more so than in the glory days of the interwar years.
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