Caroline Dessaulles-Béique
Caroline Dessaulles-Béique | |
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Béique, c. 1940 | |
| Born | Carolina-Angélina Dessaulles 13 October 1852 Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East |
| Died | 8 August 1946 (aged 93) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Caroline Béïque |
| Occupation(s) | Social activist, feminist |
| Years active | 1893–1940 |
Caroline Dessaulles-Béique (a.k.a. Madame F. L. Beique, 13 October 1852 – 8 August 1946) was a Canadian social activist and feminist. She was one of the founders of the Provincial Housewife's School (French: L'École Ménagère Provinciale), which later became the home economics department of the Université de Montréal, and an advocate who pressed for the founding of juvenile courts. She was a co-founder of the first national feminist organization, the National Federation of Saint John the Baptist (French: Fédération nationale Saint-Jean-Baptiste) for French-speaking Canadian women.