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Marie Rollet was a French woman and early settler in Quebec. Her second husband, Louis Hébert , was apothecary to Samuel Champlain 's expeditions to Acadia and Quebec on 1606 and 1610–13. When she and her three surviving children traveled with her husband to Quebec in 1617, [ 1 ] she became the first European woman to settle in Quebec.
Louis Hébert and Marie Rollet had two daughters, Anne and Guillaumette, and one son, Guillaume. Guillaume married Hélène Desportes, said to be the first white child born in New France. [5] Guillaume and Hélène had a daughter, Françoise Hébert, and a son, Joseph who married Marie-Charlotte de Poytiers in 1660.
George R. D. Goulet, 2007 (shown carrying the Métis Flag) and leading the Grand Entry at the Red River West celebration.. George Richard Donald Goulet is a Canadian Métis [1] author, [2] [3] historian, [4] Métis Scholar, [5] activist, [6] retired lawyer, [7] and recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
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Femmes solidaires ("Women in solidarity") is a French feminist association in France, founded during the Second World War under the name Union des femmes françaises (UFF). The movement works for the defense and advancement of women's rights, gender equality, the liberal movement and international solidarity.
Jeanne Louise Henriette Campan (née Genet; 2 October [1] 1752, Paris – 16 March 1822, Mantes) was a French educator, writer and Lady's maid.In the service of Marie Antoinette before and during the French Revolution, she was afterwards headmistress of the first Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur, appointed by Napoleon in 1807 to promote the education of girls.
Marie-Catherine Homassel-Hecquet (June 12, 1686 – 8 July 1764) was a French biographical author of the first half of the 18th century. She was the wife of the Abbeville merchant Jacques Homassel and the semi-anonymous "Madame H–––t" who published a pamphlet biography of the famous feral child Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc, Histoire d'une jeune fille sauvage trouvée dans les bois à ...