Margaret Haughery Monument

Margaret Haughery Monument

Year

1884

Artist

Type

public art

The first public monument in the United States erected in honor of a woman, this marble seated figure depicts Margaret Haughery, an Irish immigrant who built a bread-baking empire and donated her fortune to orphanages across New Orleans. Al …

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