Lindy Boggs Obituary
Published by Legacy Remembers on Jul. 27,
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Congresswoman Lindy Boggs, a plantation-born Louisianan who used her soft-spoken grace to fight for civil rights during nearly 18 years in Congress after succeeding her late husband in the House of Representatives, died Saturday. She was Boggs, who later served three years as ambassador to the Vatican during the Clinton administration, died of natural causes at her home in Maryland, according to her daughter, ABC News journalist Cokie Roberts. Boggs' years in Congress started with a special election in to finish the term of her husband, Thomas Hale Boggs Sr., whose plane had disappeared over Alaska six months earlier. Between them, they served a half-century in the House. "It didn't occur to us that anybody else would do it," Roberts said in explaining why her mother was the natural pick for the congressional seat. Her parents, who had met in college, were "political partners for decades," she said, with Lindy Boggs running her husband's political campaigns and becoming a player on the Washington political scene. Roberts called her
10 Things To Know About Lindy Boggs
For more than half her life, Lindy Boggs remained largely in the background. After her husband, Louisiana U.S. Rep. Hale Boggs, died in a plane crash, Boggs won his empty House seat in a special election and began &#;forging a second career out of the crucible of personal tragedy&#;&#;
For more than half her life, Lindy Boggs remained largely in the background, quietly making a difference as she supported her husband, Louisiana U.S. Rep. Hale Boggs, at home and work. In addition to raising their three children, she managed the Democrat&#;s Washington, D.C., office, tracked pending legislation, served successfully as his campaign manager and chief fundraiser, and juggled multiple nonprofit projects while serving on countless committees. While never still – she was an outspoken advocate of civil rights in the s as well as a longtime supporter of programs aimed at helping poor people, such as Head Start – she only stepped fully into the spotlight after her husband died in a plane crash in Alaska. A few months later, Boggs won her husband&#;s empty House seat in a special election and then began &#;forging a second career out of the crucibl
Former Congresswoman and Ambassador Lindy Boggs Dies at 97
July 27, &#; -- Former Rep. Lindy Boggs, who filled her husband's seat in the House of Representatives after his plane disappeared and went on to serve 18 years as a tireless advocate for women and minorities, died today at the age of
"She was remarkable in every way," ABC's Cokie Roberts, one of Boggs's three children, said. "She was able to accomplish a great deal for a great many people around the country and around the world, but doing it in an always gracious, always pleasant way that would serve as a great lesson for folks of today who think that the only way to operate is through confrontation and criticism."
President Obama honored Boggs in a statement.
"Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to the family and loved ones of Lindy Boggs. Her legacy as a champion of women's and civil rights over her nine terms in office as the first woman elected to the United States Congress from Louisiana will continue to inspire generations to come," Obama said Saturday.
Born on a plantation in Coupee Parish, La., in , Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne graduated
My Bourbon Home
French Quarter in New Orleans in Orleans Parish, Louisiana &#; The American South (West South Central)
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, December 24,
1. My Bourbon Home Marker
My Bourbon Home. . New Orleans maps, as early as , all reveal the presence of earlier buildings on this historic site. During the time of Spanish Rule, after the Great Conflagrations of and , Casa Quinones was erected in by Don Estevan de Quinones, a Cuban-born Royal Secretary and Notary Public for the city of New Orleans, signing many of the public documents before and after the Louisiana Purchase. He was executive secretary to the Catholic diocese of Louisiana and Florida., The Mangin Bros. Ironworks (Chas. A. and Jean Abel) was on the first floor and their residence above (). Descended from French blacksmith/locksmith families traceable to the Middle Ages. The famous Mangin anvil and key sign sat atop a pole at this site for decades. Three Mangin generations, , produced much of the ornamental ironwork now adorning the balconies, gates, and fences of the French Quarter and surrounds. M. Mangin would sit evenings on hi
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