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Featured Speaker Katy Morlas Shannon Historian, Author, Consultant & Speaker The Forgotten Women of Colonial Louisiana’s Beginnings on the Mississippi Gulf Coast A compelling journey of the women of early colonial Louisiana. These are the stories of the women of the La Mutine (1719) and La Baleine, the “Casket Girls” (1721), who, under very different circumstances, came to grow and populate the Louisiana territory. They played a pivotal role in the success of the Louisiana colony, leaving a lasting imprint on its familial legacies and commercial foundations. Reception 6-6:45pm Wine & Light Bites Lecture 7-8:30pm Register by Wednesday, September 10 at tourguidesnola.org
