Adore Magazine September 2019

"Writing was a life-long creative pursuit for her and something she was proud of," said McFillen. "She also was an incredibly savvy entrepreneur who led a failing newspaper from the brink of collapse to the most successful newspaper in the region," said McFillen. Eliza Jane soon remarried. She wed her business manager, George Nicholson, and together they ran the paper. McFillen said that Eliza Jane surrounded herself with loyal, smart, and hardworking colleagues. During her tenure, she advocated for women by hiring them (a practice that was rare at the time), mentoring them, and paying the same wages as their male counterparts. The duo ran The Daily Picayune for 20 years until their deaths by influenza in 1896. The paper remained locally owned into the 20th century. Leslie Oliver, director of sales and marketing at the Eliza Jane, said that the hotel's design team was inspired by the buildings' original occupants. The Daily Picayune

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