Government, Politics & Law
William Charles Cole Claiborne
William Charles Cole Claiborne was the first territorial and state governor of Louisiana in its transitional years from the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 to statehood in 1812.
History
History Index
History
William Christopher “W. C.” O’Hare
Known as the “Father of Ragtime in Shreveport,” William Christopher “W. C.” O’Hare was a white composer, orchestra leader, and music teacher who served as an important link between Black and white musical cultures.
History
William Haney and Haney’s Big House
William Haney operated Haney’s Big House, a café, bar, and nightclub that showcased Black artists from across the South.
Government, Politics & Law
William Heard
Democrat William Heard, an accountant and banker, won the governorship in 1900 with strong support from Murphy J. Foster, his predecessor.
Government, Politics & Law
William Pitt Kellogg
William Pitt Kellogg was governor of Louisiana during the divisive period of Radical Reconstruction.
Architecture
William Ratcliffe Irby
William Ratcliffe Irby, a wealthy tobacco company executive, banker, and philanthropist in New Orleans, became a driving force in saving the French Quarter from potential mass demolition.
History
Willie Piazza
Willie Piazza was one of the most successful madams in the Storyville vice district of New Orleans until it was closed in 1917.
Government, Politics & Law
Willie Rainach
Politician Willie Rainach was one of Louisiana's most vigorous opponents of desegregation.
History
Winnsboro Easter Rock
Held on the Saturday before Easter Sunday, this women-led vigil includes counterclockwise percussive foot movement and call-and-response singing.
History
Woman Suffrage
The movement for women's rights in Louisiana started with benevolence work in church groups and progressed to the campaign for woman suffrage.
History
Women in Colonial Louisiana
Women constituted a valuable asset in colonial Louisiana.
History
Women's Rights Movement
Inspired by social justice and protest movements percolating across the country in the 1960s, Second Wave feminists sought liberation and equal rights for women.
