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The Eliza Jane the woman behind the name By MICHAELA BECHLER | photos by Andrew Thomas Lee + Taggart Sorensen J ust south of the French Quarter lies The Eliza Jane, a modern boutique hotel in its sophomore year. As with most buildings in the city, the location is Born in 1843 to a well-off Mississippi family, Eliza Jane did not fit the mold. To her parents' great displeasure, she desired a career. Oh, the scandal! Eliza Jane moved to New Orleans and started submitting her poems to The Daily Picayune ; it wasn't long before she was brought on as the publication's literary editor. steeped in New Orleans history. Formerly a collection of warehouses in the 19th century, the space served as HQ for a bitters factory and The Daily Picayune , whose legendary owner Eliza Jane Nicholson was the first woman in the country to publish a major newspaper and is now the namesake of a hotel. The paper's owner, Colonel Alva Holbrook, fell for Eliza Jane and they soon married. Holbrook sold the paper and

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