Women have played important roles across the history of fabled city of New Orleans. One of the earliest women I love to tell of was young Marie-Madeleine Hachard who turned out to be a storyteller in her own right. Born in 1704 in France she joined the Ursuline nuns for the journey to the wilderness of Louisiana in what amounted to as Peace Corps mission to serve in a needy world. She wrote letters to her father about her travels, adventures, and scenes in New Orleans in 1727. Her father, inspire by her wisdom and insight, saved them all to print what would become the first book published about Louisiana.
More of Marie-Madeleine’s story is recounted in chapter one French Louisiana 1682-1763 of DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS by Bill Norris
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