Marie-Amable Foretier

Marie-Amable Foretier (1778-1854) was a Canadian philanthropist. She was a major supporter of the Association des Dames de la Charité, the first secular charity organization in Montreal, and was a leading figure in the new secular women's charitable movement in Canada.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Edyth B. Borthwick, "FORETIER, MARIE-AMABLE," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed August 16, 2017, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/foretier_marie_amable_8E.html.


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