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DID Ep 10 - Pelican on the Bay - The Story of the Pelican Girls

DID Ep 10 - Pelican on the Bay - The Story of the Pelican Girls

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Send us Fan MailIn 1704, twenty-three young Frenchwomen crossed the Atlantic aboard the Pelican in search of husbands—and a future—in the struggling colony of French Louisiana.They had been promised opportunity in a land described to them as almost a paradise. Instead, they found an overcrowded ship, months at sea, yellow fever, hunger, primitive living conditions and a settlement wholly unprepared to receive them.In this episode of Dauphin Island Diaries, we tell the story of the Pelican Girls—the first organized company of Frenchwomen sent to the Mobile colony expressly to establish marriages, households and permanent families.We follow their journey from the religious communities and convent schools of France to Rochefort, across the Atlantic to Cap-Français and Havana, and finally to Massacre Island—present-day Dauphin Island. From there, they traveled upriver to Fort Louis on Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff, where the “Promised Land” they had been offered proved to be little more than a deteriorating wooden fort and a scattering of crude houses.We also examine the marriages that followed their arrival, including the courtship and marriage of Marie Briard and Antoine Rivard de La Vigne. We explore the marriage contracts that protected the women’s legal and property rights, the yellow-fever epidemic that devastated the colony, and the hardships faced by the new households.The Pelican Girls were not merely passive brides delivered to waiting husbands. According to tradition, they challenged the colony’s living conditions in what became known as the Petticoat Rebellion. Marie-Françoise de Boisrenaud—the women’s governess and protector—became an educator, political participant and outspoken critic of Bienville’s administration.Finally, we separate documented history from the legends that grew around the Pelican Girls, including their association with the Cassette Girls, the Petticoat Insurrection and the creation of gumbo. Those traditions cannot always be proved through surviving records—but neither should they be dismissed simply because the women themselves left few written accounts of their experiences.The Pelican Girls survived the voyage, disease, hunger and the uncertain conditions of an isolated frontier settlement. They established households, bore children and helped transform French Louisiana from a remote military outpost into a permanent colonial society.The promised land they were assured did not exist—so they helped build one.SourcesResearch for this episode was drawn primarily from:Jay Higginbotham’s Old Mobile: Fort Louis de la Louisiane, 1702–1711Peter J. Hamilton’s Colonial Mobile“The Pelican Girls,” Encyclopedia of AlabamaThe chapter devoted to the Pelican Girls in Hidden History of MobilePersonal interview with Mobile historian and Bienville Bites food-tour guide Bella MyersSpecial ThanksBella Myers for sharing her extensive knowledge of the Pelican Girls, helping distinguish the documented history from later tradition, and explaining why these women remain so important to Mobile’s public memoryBella Myers, Dr. Allison Henry and the others whose work helped secure a historical marker honoring all twenty-three Pelican Girls in downtown MobileThe historians, archivists and descendants whose work has preserved the names and stories of the women who arrived aboard the Pelican in 1704📜 Pelican Girls Historical Marker:https://www.cityofmobile.gov/pelican-girl-historic-marker-unveiling/🎙️ CreditsHosted by Big John SummersProduced by Summers Media EnterprisesFoley/Sound Effects recorded by Big John Summers📣 Follow & SupportFollow Dauphin Island Diaries on Facebook, Instagram and X for additional content, including on-location videos, historical interpretation, interviews and stories from across Dauphin Island and the Alabama Gulf Coast.🔗 Links🧢 Merch & Apparel:https://www.summersmediaenterprises.com/merch📘 Follow on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/DauphinIslandDiaries/📘 Check out The Tennessee History Nerd:https://www.summersmediaenterprises.com/podcasts/tthnLove how we tell stories and want more? Check out our sister podcast The Tennessee History Nerd! Search for it wherever you're listening right now. Want suggestions about episodes to explore? Check out these three episodes! Want suggestions about what INTERVIEWSDAY Interviews to listen to? Check out these three selections! Know a great story from the history of the area? What about a great person to talk to about this area's history? Send it to me at john.summers@summersmediaenterprises.com! Be sure to click follow or subscribe in your podcast app to make sure you never miss an episode! And share your favorite episode with someone you know!If you enjoyed this episode, follow the show, share it with someone who loves history, and leave a review—it helps more folks discover the stories of Dauphin Island, Mobile Bay, and the Gulf Coast.
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