Ela provavelmente sobreviveu enquanto entrava em um barco. Isso é suportado pela cena originalmente roteirizada no Carpathia.
Cal was intended to actually find Rose aboard the Carpathia after the sinking. Rose was to tell him to let her mother know that she died on the Titanic, and that he would leave her alone for the rest of her life.
E também pela sequência final
Several main characters are not present in the ending sequence, including Cal Hockley, Rose's mother Ruth, Bruce Ismay and Molly Brown. This is because they survived the sinking. Only the characters who died on the Titanic are present in the dream sequence, because it serves to illustrate Rose being reunited with all the people she lost when it sank, including Jack.
O que aconteceu com ela depois é desconhecido, mesmo de acordo com uma "biografia" incrivelmente detalhada no fandom
. "" biografia " >Most fans speculate that she became a poor and penniless seamstress and lived out her life working in a factory. With is very possible, without the financial security of the arranged marriage between Cal and Rose.
It is, however, also just as possible that she re-married into wealth. However, since Ruth does not make an appearance after her survival, nor is mentioned again, her fate is left unknown.
Então especule, isso é um dos muitos lugares para fazer isso.