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"
Margaret Monument, New Orleans.

Library of Congress

This file appears in: 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 "Angel of the Delta." Personal tragedies experienced…