Ida Straus in Real Life
Ida Straus was born in Germany before she emigrated to the United States and married her husband, who was a wealthy businessman. Together they had seven children and were considered a loving couple by everyone who knew them. On the night of the shipwreck, the couple refused to get on a lifeboat while there were still young women and children aboard the ship, and when Ida was offered a place on a lifeboat, she refused to leave her husband on board. The couple sadly perished together on board the ship.