Margaret, Friend of Orphans

by Widmer, Mary Lou

• ISBN13: 9781565542112
• ISBN10: 1565542118
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-08-01
• Publisher: Firebird Pr

Summary

Margaret Haughery gave everything she ever had to the orphans and the poor. Despite being unable either to read or write, she possessed an incredible business acumen, which allowed her to donate-including what she bequeathed in her will-more than $500,000 throughout her life.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(2)
Acknowledgments	11	(4)
Margaret's Tragic Losses	15	(4)
Her Past As an Orphan	19	(6)
A Visit to the Poydras Asylum (1836)	25	(6)
Two Cows for the Children: A Legend Begins	31	(6)
``Old Withers'': A Temporary Home for the Orphans	37	(6)
New Orleans Female Orphan Asylum (1840)	43	(8)
Background of Faubourg Ste. Marie, 1800-1840	51	(8)
St. Theresa of Avila Church	59	(6)
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1853	65	(10)
After the Epidemic, Life Goes On	75	(4)
Institutions of Daughters of Charity Grow in Number	79	(12)
The Dairywoman Becomes a Baker	91	(8)
Crossing Enemy Lines, Locking Horns with Major General Butler	99	(12)
Margaret's Death: The End of the Legend	111	(10)
The Bakery, Her Legacy; The Statue, Her Pedestal	121	(8)
After Margaret's Death: The Charities Continue	129	(20)
Ladies' Ancient Order of Hibernians, Margaret haughery Division, Sends Annual ``Rose'' to Tralee	149	(6)
A Venerated Monument	155	(4)
Down with the Upramp, the ``Berlin Wall'' of the Lower Garden District	159	(6)
Epilogue: Thoughts on Margaret	165	(2)
Author's Note	167	(2)
Bibliography	169	(4)
Index	173