A Woman of Valour: The Biography of Marie-Louise Bouchard Labelle

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Overview

A Woman of Valour is the biography of Marie-Louise Bouchard Labelle, a French-Canadian woman who found love with a priest thirty-three years her senior. Against all social convention, they lived, produced three children, and built a life together after fleeing their village.

However, after several years together, Bouchard's husband ultimately chose to return to the priesthood, abandoning his family as a result. Through interviews and documentation, Claire Trépanier tells Bouchard's story of survival while highlighting the history of women's stature in Canada, and raising a question about the celibacy of Catholic priests.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781897425848
  • Publisher: University of Washington Press
  • Publication date: 10/11/2010
  • Pages: 240
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Preface

Family Trees

Family of Georgianne Tremblay and her two spouses

Family of Marie-Louise Bouchard Labelle and Joseph Ray

Prologue

Chapter One From Les Escoumtns to Hanmer (1891-1906) 1

Marie-Louise Bouchard 3

Marie-Louise Labelle 6

Arrival in Hanmer 7

Life of Hanmer's First Settlers 8

Marie-Louise's Education 10

Primary School 12

Tough Love 13

And What of the Future? 15

Spiritual Life in the Hamlet 17

Chapter Two The New Arrival (1858-1906) 19

Father Joseph A. Roy 21

The Francophone Catholic Clergy in the Canadian West 21

Wolseley, Saskatchewan 24

Vernon, British Columbia 30

Hanmer, Ontario (August 1906) 31

First Meeting with Marie-Louise 32

Chapter Three The TurningPoint (1906-1916) 33

Regular Meetings with Marie-Louise 35

Presbytery Maid? 37

Against All Comers 41

Flight 43

Impact of Their Departure 43

Chapter Four Family Life (1916-1928) 47

New Identities 49

Ottawa 49

Rideau Park (May 1917) 50

Life as a Couple 52

Daily Life 54

Intellectual Life 58

Spiritual Life 60

First Return to Hanmer (November 1920) 60

Birth of Lome 61

1921-1926 62

Gertrude's First Communion 65

Facing Facts 66

Synchronicity 67

The Big Decision (1928) 69

Chapter Five "Widow" with Three Children (1928-1935) 71

Heartbreak 73

Unexpected Visits 74

Living Day to Day 76

Free to Explore Life 78

Napoleon's Visit 82

The Crash, 24 October 1929 83

Family Ties 85

Homeowner 86

Impact of Joseph's Departure 87

Religion after Joseph's Departure 89

The French-English Question 90

Life During the Great Depression 91

Bank Street (1930-1932) and Sunnyside Street (1932-1933) 92

Stanley Avenue (1933-1935) 95

Social Life 98

Convalescent Home 100

Kiosk 101

Chapter Six Living from Hand to Mouth (1935-1944) 103

James Street (1935-1936) 105

Lisgar Street (1936-1937) 107

Nepean Street (1937-1939) 110

Rideau Street, Corner of Chapel (1939) 113

Slater Street (1940) 114

Central Avenue (1941) 117

Acquaintance Changes (1942-1944) 118

Chapter Seven Nanny (1944-1965) 125

Grandmother 127

Sewing and Knitting 128

In the Kitchen 130

"Breaking Camp" 132

Mother-in-Law 133

Jake and the Kid 135

God 136

Back to Ottawa (1957-1965) 138

Ogilvy's 138

Cinema 139

The Countess of Segur 139

A Busy Room (1962-1965) 142

The Secret 142

Chapter Eight Return to Her Roots (1960-1964) 147

Graduation (1960) 149

The Two Gossips 150

Inner Peace 152

The Trip to the Yukon 154

Chapter Nine Old Age, Humour and Tenderness (1965-1970) 159

A Time to Relax 159

Always Keeping the Secret 164

Reminiscences of Long Ago 165

The Bloomers 166

The Braid 167

Thieves 167

Chapter Ten Living in Peace (1970-1973) 169

Housewarming 171

A Time to Enjoy Life 172

Artist 173

A Time to Die 174

Epilogue 179

Postscript 181

Appendices 183

Appendix One Arrival in Hanmer

Appendix Two House in Hanmer

Appendix Three Landowner

Appendix Four Amour Immacule/Immaculate Love

Family Documents 191

List of People Interviewed 199

List of People Who Helped Me in My Research 201

Abbreviated Chronology 205

Notes 211

Bibliography 221

Index 225

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