Pauline Fréchette

Pauline Fréchette (after marriage, Fréchette-Handfield; religious name, Soeur Marie-Pauline; 16 October 1889 – 5 January 1943) was a Canadian poet, dramatist, journalist, and lecturer. After marriage and divorce in Canada, she removed to France and became a Roman Catholic religious sister.

Early life and education Marie-Emma-Pauline-Adine ("Pauline") Frechette was born in Montreal, Canada on 16 October 1889. She was the youngest daughter of Louis-Honoré Fréchette and Marie-Emma (Beaudry) Fréchette (died 1922). Her siblings from this marriage included, Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Joseph Fréchette, Marie-Jeanne-Emma Fréchette, Marie-Desiree-Louise-Alexandrine Fréchette, and Charles-Auguste-Jean-Louis Fréchette.

She received her education at Villa Maria Convent, C.N.D., whence she graduated in 1908.

Pauline Fréchette, now Soeur (Sister) Marie-Pauline, died at the l'Institut de Jésus Crucifié, in Launay, France, 5 January 1943.

Selected works L'art d'être une bonne mère: notions d'hygiène, de physiologie et de psychologie pour les jeunes mères, 1922 L’Art d'être une bonne Mère, 1923 Centmorceaux choisis de Louis Fréchette, 1924 Tu m'as donné le plus doux rêve, 1924