Robertine Barry
| Robertine Barry | |
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.JPG) Robertine Barry (Françoise) by Query Freres, Quebec | |
| Born |
Robertine Barry 26 February 1863 Les Escoumins, Province of Canada |
| Died |
7 January 1910 Montreal, Quebec |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | journalist publisher |
Robertine Barry (26 February 1863 – 7 January 1910), pseudonym Françoise, was an early French Canadian journalist and publisher and a popular member of Montreal society.
Her father was John Edmund Barry, Esquire, a native of Ireland, and her mother was French Canadian. She was born at Les Escoumins, Province of Canada. She was educated at the Ursuline Convent, Quebec. She joined the editorial staff of La Patrie and wrote for other journals. She wrote "Fleurs Champetres" (1895) and "Les Chroniques du Lundi" (1900). She was sent to the Paris Exposition in 1902 by the Dominion Government in an official capacity.[1]
In 1902, she founded Le Journal de Françoise, a bimonthly paper she edited from 1902–1909. It featured top writers such as Laure Conan (Félicité Angers).
She furthered women's rights through her journalistic work as well as being a popular lecturer and supporter of literary and charitable causes.
She was a member of the first presidential board, of the Fédération nationale Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montréal, 1907.
References
- ↑ Morgan, Henry James Types of Canadian women and of women who are or have been connected with Canada : (Toronto, 1903)
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