A civil rights activist and the first African-American child to integrate into an elementary school in the South.
Category: Academy & Education, Activism & Feminism.
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St. Katharine Drexel, 1858-1955
A missionary, philanthropist, Patron of racial justice, and the second US-born citizen to be canonized a Saint.
Category: Religion & Ethnic Culture, Philanthropy, Academy & Education. -
Elizabeth Magnus Cohen, 1820-1921
The first woman physician in Louisiana.
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Eliza Rudolph, 1852-1897
The first licensed woman pharmacist in Louisiana, and the first woman to be accepted into the state pharmaceutical association.
Category: Health. -
Leah Chase, 1923-2019
An African-American activist and a legendary famous chef, known as “The Queen of Creole Cooking.”
Category: Culinary. -
Micaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba, 1795-1874
A wealthy New Orleans-born Creole aristocrat, businesswoman, real estate designer and developer, and the sponsor of Pontalba Buildings.
Category: Business & Entrepreneurship, Arts. -
Eliza Jane Poitevent Holbrook Nicholson, 1843-1896
The first woman in Louisiana to earn a living writing for a newspaper, and the first woman publisher of a major daily newspaper in the US.
Category: Media, Literature & Poetry, Business & Entrepreneurship. -
Kate M. Gordon, 1861-1932
A suffragist and leading civic activist in New Orleans.
Category: Activism & Feminism, Health. -
Marie Laveau, 1801-1881
A spiritual community leader, known as a Voodoo Queen.
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Clementine Hunter, 1886-1988
A “folk art legend”, famous self-taught painter, who was the first African-American to have a solo exhibition at the NOMA.
Category: Arts.