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Their Journey was perilous. Their resolve is unparalleled.
From France to the frontier of New Orleans...
Book re-edited 9-12-2025
In 1719, La Mutine sailed from France in the cold of January to what would later be known as New Orleans.
The women on board were labeled as prostitutes, thieves, and beggars. Unjustly rounded up by the French police, amidst quick trials, they were banished to the "islands." Unlike the women of the Mayflower, these women came against their will, and their story, erroneously misfiled in the French archives, stayed buried for over 200 years.
For 12 weeks, they traveled in chains aboard La Mutine, and when they set foot on the land that was to become their new home, they were met with a wild, untamed wilderness. They endured weeks of abandonment on a desert island, and later famine, hurricanes, disease, and ever-changing governmental rule.
These women that France cavalierly disposed of, not only survived, but became successful business women, wealthy landowners, and matriarchs of large, prosperous families.
This is the story of the "Gulf Coast's" long-forgotten founding mothers.
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