Margaret Monument, New Orleans.

ID: 1740 ~ Source: Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016799315/. ~ Creator: Detroit Publishing Co, C. C. & Detroit Publishing Co, P. ~ Date: Between 1890 and 1901.

This file appears in: Margaret Haughery: "Friend of the Orphans"

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This file appears in: Margaret Haughery: "Friend of the Orphans"

Margaret Haughery: "Friend of the Orphans"

By Adrienne Luck

Nineteenth-century New Orleanians knew Margaret (nee Gaffney) Haughery by several endearing names including the "Bread Woman," "Friend of the Orphans," "Mother of the Orphans," "Our Margaret," and…