Margaret Haughery

Monday, January 01, 1838

Margaret Haughery was born in Ireland in 1813 and immigrated to the United States with her family in 1818. Haughery was a philanthropist known as the “Bread Woman of New Orleans” and the "Angel of the Delta" for her tireless work feeding the city’s poor and orphaned children. She raised money and established orphanages and charitable organizations in New Orleans that served all children regardless of their race, religion, ethnicity, or social class.