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| '''Kate Walker Behan''' (1851-1918) was an American club leader and philanthropist, prominent in social, educational, and [[Confederate monuments and memorials|Confederate memorial]] affairs in the [[History of the Southern United States|South]] for many years.<ref name="TheWilmington1918">{{cite news |title=Obituary for W. J. Behan (Aged 71) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wilmington-morning-star-obituary-for/81941659/ |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The Wilmington Morning Star |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |date=29 July 1918 |page=8 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> She was president of the Confederated Memorial Association of the South, of the Ladies' Confederate Memorial Association of Louisiana, and first president of the Catholic Women's Club.<ref name="Cutter1927">{{cite book |last1=Cutter |first1=William Richard |title=American Biography: A New Cyclopedia |date=1927 |publisher=Published under the direction of the American historical Society |pages=32-34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wocMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA32 |access-date=27 April 2024 |language=en |chapter=BEHAN, Mrs. William James, Club Leader, Philanthropist.}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> | '''Kate Walker Behan''' (1851-1918) was an American club leader and philanthropist, prominent in social, educational, and [[Confederate monuments and memorials|Confederate memorial]] affairs in the [[History of the Southern United States|South]] for many years.<ref name="TheWilmington1918">{{cite news |title=Obituary for W. J. Behan (Aged 71) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wilmington-morning-star-obituary-for/81941659/ |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The Wilmington Morning Star |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |date=29 July 1918 |page=8 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> She was president of the Confederated Memorial Association of the South, of the Ladies' Confederate Memorial Association of [[Louisiana]], and first president of the Catholic Women's Club.<ref name="Cutter1927">{{cite book |last1=Cutter |first1=William Richard |title=American Biography: A New Cyclopedia |date=1927 |publisher=Published under the direction of the American historical Society |pages=32-34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wocMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA32 |access-date=27 April 2024 |language=en |chapter=BEHAN, Mrs. William James, Club Leader, Philanthropist.}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> |
| ==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== |
| Kate ("Katie") Walker,<ref name="Fortier1909">{{cite book |last1=Fortier |first1=Alcee |title=Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form |date=1909 |publisher=Century Historical Association |pages=11-12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ENEAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA11 |access-date=27 April 2024 |language=en |chapter=Mrs. William J. Behan}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> only child of Mr. and Mrs. William Walker, was born in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], in 1851. She grew up in a wealthy home, with luxurious surroundings, in a cultured social circle to which the prominence of her parents introduced her.<ref name="Cutter1927" /> | Kate ("Katie") Walker,<ref name="Fortier1909">{{cite book |last1=Fortier |first1=Alcee |title=Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form |date=1909 |publisher=Century Historical Association |pages=11-12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ENEAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA11 |access-date=27 April 2024 |language=en |chapter=Mrs. William J. Behan}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> only child of Mr. and Mrs. William Walker, was born in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, in 1851. She grew up in a wealthy home, with luxurious surroundings, in a cultured social circle to which the prominence of her parents introduced her.<ref name="Cutter1927" /> |
| Shortly after General Butler took possession of the city of New Orleans, in 1862, she entered the [[Old Ursuline Convent, New Orleans|Old Ursuline Convent]] to pursue her studies which had been interrupted by the consequent demoralization in all the city's affairs. She graduated in September. 1865.<ref name="Fortier1909" /> | Shortly after General Butler took possession of the city of New Orleans, in 1862, she entered the [[Old Ursuline Convent, New Orleans|Old Ursuline Convent]] to pursue her studies which had been interrupted by the consequent demoralization in all the city's affairs. She graduated in September. 1865.<ref name="Fortier1909" /> |
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| After a brief illness, she died in New Orleans, July 28, 1918, age 71.<ref name="TheWilmington1918" /><ref name="Chattanooga1918">{{cite news |title=Obituary. Mrs. W. J. Behan. Confederate Memorial Leader Dies at New Orleans Home. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times-obituary-mrs-w/146178687/ |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=Chattanooga Daily Times |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |date=29 July 1918 |page=3 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> The funeral ceremony occurred at Notre Dame de Bon Secour Church. Over her heart were pinned her medal of the Children of Mary, the purple badge of the Confederate Memorial Association, and a spray of flowers sent in a letter from her grandson, William Behan Dreux, in France.<ref name="Cutter1927" /> | After a brief illness, she died in New Orleans, July 28, 1918, age 71.<ref name="TheWilmington1918" /><ref name="Chattanooga1918">{{cite news |title=Obituary. Mrs. W. J. Behan. Confederate Memorial Leader Dies at New Orleans Home. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times-obituary-mrs-w/146178687/ |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=Chattanooga Daily Times |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |date=29 July 1918 |page=3 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> The funeral ceremony occurred at Notre Dame de Bon Secour Church. Over her heart were pinned her medal of the Children of Mary, the purple badge of the Confederate Memorial Association, and a spray of flowers sent in a letter from her grandson, William Behan Dreux, in France.<ref name="Cutter1927" /> |
| Those who knew Behan recognize as the testimonial they would like to give the words of Marie L. Points, editor of the ''Morning Star'': "No woman ever held the hearts of the women of New Orleans and of the South more truly than she did, and none ever left behind a sweeter or more gracious memory. She was honored in death as few were ever honored. The flags of the City Hall and of the Memorial Hall were at half-mast in her memory; crepe, for the first time in its history of over seventy years, was hung on the door of the Washington Artillery Armory, and the flag draped at half-mast in honor of a woman. The various Catholic societies of New Orleans mourned a friend: the orphans, the poor and the outcast, a mother and helper."<ref name="Cutter1927" /> | Those who knew Behan recognize as the testimonial they would like to give the words of Marie L. Points, editor of the ''Morning Star'': "No woman ever held the hearts of the women of New Orleans and of the South more truly than she did, and none ever left behind a sweeter or more gracious memory. She was honored in death as few were ever honored. The flags of the [[Gallier Hall|City Hall]] and of the [[Confederate Memorial Hall Museum |Memorial Hall]] were at [[half-mast]] in her memory; crepe, for the first time in its history of over seventy years, was hung on the door of the Washington Artillery Armory, and the flag draped at half-mast in honor of a woman.<ref name="Cutter1927" /> |
| ==References== | ==References== |
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