Margaret Gaffney Haughery

About this Image

This brooch holds a photograph of Margaret Gaffney Haughery. Haughery, an Irish immigrant known as the “Mother of Orphans,” devoted her life to the care and feeding of the poor and hungry in nineteenth century New Orleans.
Creator Unidentified
Coverage 1885
Medium Photograph
Repository The Historic New Orleans Collection
Acquisition Details Gift of Mrs. William Francis Scheyd.
Number 1988.50.2.
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