155:. Werlein's husband died of influenza in 1917 and she threw herself into ever more activities as well as raising their young children. She founded sewing classes for underprivileged girls in Kingsley House and later became the first president of the Louisiana League of women voters in 1920. She founded and directed the New Orleans Red Cross canteen in 1919 after the end of the
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of the district and fighting to ensure they were not replaced. She was the first president and founder of the Vieux Carré Property Owners
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that year and what was supposed to be a short trip changed when she met and married instrument dealer and music publisher Philip
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78:(28 January 1883 – 24 April 1946) is considered responsible for the preservation of the French Quarter of New Orleans. She was also one of the first women to fly in a plane and she was a philanthropist in the city.
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