History
Eleanor McMain
Eleanor McMain was a settlement house worker and progressive reformer in early-twentieth-century New Orleans.
History
History Index
History
Ella Brennan
Ella Brennan was the matriarch of the family that owns many restaurants in New Orleans, including Commander's Palace.
Government, Politics & Law
Ellen Dunn-Burch
Ellen Dunn-Burch was a politically engaged philanthropist credited with convincing her husband Oscar J. Dunn to accept the nomination for lieutenant governor of Louisiana, making him the nation’s first Black executive officer.
History
Emma Wilson Emery
Louisiana’s first and longest-serving poet laureate, Emma Wilson Emery wrote poetry about romance, nature, and anti-war sentiments.
History
Emy-Lou Biedenharn
Emy-Lou Biedenharn was a noted opera singer and philanthropist from Monroe.
History
Essae Martha Culver
Essae Culver was a pioneering librarian and educator in an era when library service was beyond the ken of most rural Americans.
Government, Politics & Law
Esteban Rodriguez Miró y Sabater
Serving from 1782 until 1791, Spanish-colonial governor Esteban Miró oversaw a period of relative economic prosperity.
Government, Politics & Law
Etienne de Périer
From 1727 to 1733 Etienne de Périer governed Louisiana as commandant-general for the Company of the Indies, which held a charter for the development of the Louisiana colony until 1731, and the French Crown.
History
Eulalie Mandeville
Eulalie Mandeville was an entrepreneur of extraordinary business acumen who became one of New Orleans' wealthiest free women of color.
Archaeology
Evans Culture
This entry covers the prehistoric Evans culture during the Middle Archaic Period, 6000–2000 BCE.
History
Fall of New Orleans and Federal Occupation
For both Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War, New Orleans was considered a strategic city at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
History
Fannie C. Williams
Fannie C. Williams was an educator, community organizer, and civil rights activist.
