women and children first

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

women and children first

Etymology[edit]

The earliest known usage of this phrase is from 1912, when RMS Titanic was sinking.

Phrase[edit]

women and children first

An exhortation to follow the principle of removing women and children from danger before men.

Translations[edit]

exhortation

Esperanto: sinjorinoj kaj geinfanoj unue
French: les femmes et les enfants d’abord
Polish: najpierw kobiety i dzieci, kobiety i dzieci przodem
Portuguese: mulheres e crianças primeiro

See also[edit]

ladies first

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