Show FIRST STATUE TO A WOMAN new orleans bears the honor of erecting the first statue in honor of a woman in the united states the monument stands in margaret at the camp and Iry tania streets it commemorates the charities of margaret Uan ghery woman beare 1 poverty who accumulated a fortune in the milk and bakery business she spent freely n the care and help of the poor in the and when she died ber idony was divided among the charitable charl table institutions 0 new orleana Or leang margaret wae n ignorant woman when she lost her little boy and although phe had ant eert ante wages she begin at once to spend her money tor the children of the poor abent her she used to carry bread and milk to the orphan when she had no money to give and no matter how little money ehe possessed jhc divided with those who were poorer than she when ehe died the people of new orleans erected this statue in her memory margaret 1 represented in the woollen shawl and cotton drese to residents of the city for so many years with a little child by her side |