Molly Brown Birthplace

Margaret Tobin Brown — known to history as the unsinkable Molly Brown — was born in a small frame cottage in the working-class end of Hannibal in 1867. The house, restored as a small museum, is a contrast to the more famous Mark Twain Boyhood Home: poorer, smaller, and a reminder that 19th-century Hannibal was first and foremost an industrial town.

Inside are family photographs, Titanic-related items, and a short film about her life. It is run on limited hours, mostly by volunteers, and is worth combining with the other Hill Street sights.

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The unsinkable Molly Brown — born Margaret Tobin in Hannibal in 1867 — was a survivor of the Titanic and a tireless campaigner for the rights of workers, women, and children. After the ship sank she famously refused to let her lifeboat's male crew row away while other survivors were still in the water, and used her fame from the disaster to support causes for the rest of her life.

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