Margaret Haughery

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Statue commemorating "Margaret" in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans
Statue commemorating "Margaret" in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans

Margaret Haughery (1813 - 1882) was a philanthropist known as "the mother of the orphans".[1]

She opened up four orphanages and a number of homes for the elderly in the New Orleans area in the Nineteenth Century.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Margaret Haughery - Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia
  2. ^ Margaret on BestOfNewOrleans.com.


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