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Henriette Dessaulles (February 6, 1860 – 1946), also known by the pen name Fadette, was a Canadian journalist and diarist from Quebec.〔("De remarquables oubliés: Henriette Dessaulles" ). Première Chaîne, November 13, 2007.〕 An important pioneer of women's writing in Quebec, she is best known for her longtime column in ''Le Devoir'' and for her childhood diaries which were posthumously published in 1971.〔"Hopes and dreams". ''Toronto Star'', September 7, 1986.〕 She was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec to Georges-Casimir Dessaulles,〔"A sassy personality comes alive". ''The Globe and Mail'', December 27, 1986.〕 at the time the town's mayor and later a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and the Senate of Canada, and Émilie Mondelet. Jean Dessaulles was her paternal grandfather, Dominique Mondelet was her maternal grandfather, and Louis-Joseph Papineau was her godfather. Beginning at age 14, Dessaules began writing a diary in 1874 while being educated at convent school.〔 She continued until 1881, when she married Maurice St-Jacques.〔 She had seven children with St-Jacques before his death in 1897.〔 At the time of St-Jacques' death, he was a Quebec Liberal Party candidate for the electoral district of Saint-Hyacinthe in the 1897 provincial election;〔"Two Liberals Sure". ''Boston Evening Transcript'', May 5, 1987.〕 Dessaulles' father was nominated in his place, and won the seat. ==Journalism== After St-Jacques' death, Dessaulles began writing a column for ''La Patrie'' under the pseudonym Jean Deshayes.〔 She also wrote for ''Le Journal de Françoise'', ''Le Courrier de Montmagny'', ''La Revue de la femme'', ''La Revue moderne'', ''Le Canada'' and ''Le Nationaliste'' before joining ''Le Devoir'' in 1910.〔 For ''Le Devoir'', she wrote a long-running column under the pen name Fadette.〔 Compilations of her Fadette columns were published as ''Lettres de Fadette'' in 1914, 1915, 1916 and 1918,〔Carole Gerson, ''Canadian Women in Print, 1750–1918''. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-55458-304-1.〕 and she published several works of children's literature, including ''Les Contes de la lune'' (1932), and ''Il etait une fois'' (1933).〔"DEAR DIARY; Henriette Dessaulles was a proper young girl of good family living in the cream of Quebec 19th-century society. Her secret thoughts make an excellent guide both to social history and a young girl's heart". ''Montreal Gazette'', January 3, 1987.〕 She continued writing the column in ''Le Devoir'' until the 1940s, and died in 1946. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henriette Dessaulles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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