HANDS THAT ROCKED THE CREOLE CRADLE: WOMEN OF THE FRENCH QUARTER—WALKING TOUR 

Join Dianne “Gumbo Marie” Honoré on this intriguing tour about the fierce women who nurtured the building of New Orleans and the creation of an indelible culture along the Mississippi River. You’ll meet the Baroness Pontalba, nuns including Henriette Delille and Mother Cabrini, medicine women, Voodoo practitioners, business woman Eulalie de Mandéville, Black Storyville Baby Dolls, female musicians, the first women to purchase property in today’s Tremé neighborhood, as well as Catiche Destrehan and Elizabeth Werlein. Women stirred the early pots that would become today’s gumbo and jambalaya, grew herbs for healing, faithfully prayed for and tended the sick, fought to create spaces for orphans, ran highly successful businesses, made music that inspired some of New Orleans’ most famous musicians, owned property, influenced the development of Jazz, tended births and funerals at home, and more.

Thursday, March 27, 10 AM – 12 noon; Friday, March 28, 10 AM – 12 noon; and Saturday, March 29, 1 – 3 PM