Significant contributions
- She helped families who were unable to have children get kids to raise as their own.
- She helped people with their sorrow.
- She was a hair dresser too. She helped people with their appearances.
- She nurtured the sick through epidemics.
- Marie laveau welcomed people in her home with food and a warm place to stay the night.
Personal qualities
- She died with a smile.
- She was beautiful.
- She was a wonderful woman.
- She was loyal.
- She was very wise.
- She was skilled in the practice of medicine.
- She was famous and very powerful.
Obstacles faced
- People thought that she killed local men.
- People thought she was a bad person because she practiced voodoo.
- She didn't get treated right because she was a free African.
- People thought she was a rude and mean witch.
- With all of this happening she kept doing what she did best.
Time line
- Born September 10, 1801.
- August 14, 1819 she married Jacques Paris.
- January 1, 1820 she became The Queen of Voodoo.
- January 1, 1820 Jacques Paris became missing.
- March 1, 1820 she married Christophe de Glapion.
- January 1, 1827 Marie laveau the second was born.
- January 1, 1835 she became a hair dresser.
- In the 1860's Marie laveau stopped practicing. And was put on bed rest for the rest of her life.
- The last years of her life her daughter took care of her.
- She died June 15, 1881.
Credits:
Created with images by Mark Gstohl - "Marie Laveau" • waitscm - "Marie Laveau the daughter's tomb" • Mark Gstohl - "Marie Laveau's Grave"