About Robertine Barry
Lived 1863 – 1910 (aged 46). Robertine Barry was a Canadian journalist and critic.
Robertine Barry was a member of the first presidential board, of the Fédération nationale Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montréal, 1907.
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.
Early life Robertine Barry was born in L'Île-Verte, Lower Canada to John Edmond Barry and Aglaée Rouleau. The couple had thirteen children.
Barry's first article was on the importance of female education and it challenged the Catholic Church's control over schools.
From 21 September 1891 to 5 March 1900, Barry wrote a weekly column for La Patrie under her pen name.
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Canadian journalist (1863–1910)
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Robertine Barry was born on 26 February 1863 in L'Isle-Verte.
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Robertine Barry died on 7 January 1910 in Montreal.
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Robertine Barry was a journalist and critic.
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