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| Name |
Marie-Rose Turcot |
| Birth |
1877 |
Laurierville, Quebec  |
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Female |
| Biography |
- The Historical Society of Ottawa
Marie-Rose Turcot (1887-1977) is another remarkable figure from Ottawa's past, beloved by many francophones but much lesser known among the English-speaking community.
Turcot wrote that she felt the "itch to write" and saw her typewriter as a sixth sense.
As a young woman Turcot followed her father (a Member of Parliament) to Ottawa and began a career in the public service that included serving as secretary to five federal Cabinet ministers.
Turcot became among the first French-Canadian women to study at the university level, studying philosophy and literature at the University of Ottawa.
A prolific journalist, writer and folklorist with a career lasting through to the 1960s, Marie-Rose Turcot was influenced early on by the Ontario government's Regulation 17, enacted in 1912 to outlaw French-language in the province's schools. Turcot began working at the daily newspaper, Le Droit, which itself was launched in response to this controversial legislation.
In 1925, she participated in the conference of the International Council of Women in Washington, the only French Canadian among delegates from forty-three countries who were there discussing post-war problems.
In the 1940s Marie-Rose Turcot worked as a broadcast journalist for Ottawa-Hull's CKCH radio, the first radio station to broadcast entirely in French with Franco-Ontarians as its primary audience.
Her many poems, short stories and novel have been enjoyed by generations of French-Canadians.
The HSO proudly salutes the contributions of Ottawa's Marie-Rose Turcot as we continue our celebration of Women's History Month.
Marie-Rose Turcot lived most of her life in Ottawa's Sandy Hill neighbourhood and HSO member Francois Bregha writes that "Turcot is remembered as one of Ontario's most prominent writers... and a pioneer in collecting and publishing Franco-Ontarian folk tales":
https://www.ash-acs.ca/history/marie-rose-turcot/
The Ontario Heritage Trust wrote further about Marie-Rose Turcot's life and legacy when they unveiled a plaque in her honour to be displayed at the Ottawa Public Library's Rideau Street Branch (North America's first bilingual public library) in 2005:
https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/.../marie-rose-turcot...
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Photo credit: Marie-Rose Turcot,1927. Source : University of Ottawa, CRCCF, Fonds Marie-Rose-Turcot (P22), Ph22-7.
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https://www.ash-acs.ca/history/marie-rose-turcot/?fbclid=IwAR24Mi9_bbVrMrrbsycBOlRjxcKp-Tl9rUDEbXi00bEjACNHvkcEWZ2hw9I |
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https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/pages/programs/provincial-plaque-program/marie-rose-turcot-historical-background?fbclid=IwAR2yyUW4phPRZ8zYVMtXzlroMRwF981wwv5ytu002_ZhaohNVjk6pp-9DLY |
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1949 |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [1] |
| Buckingham Apartments, |
Address:
400 Cumberland Street |
- 400-6 Cumberland Street
Ottawa, On.
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| Residence |
(1924–1969) |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Address:
400 Cumberland Street |
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| Death |
27 Nov 1977 |
| Person ID |
I20534 |
Lowertown |
| Last Modified |
12 Dec 2021 |
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| Notes |
- 2 juillet
1887
Naissance de la journaliste et écrivaine Marie-Rose Turcot Née à Laurierville (Québec), Marie-Rose Turcot étudie à lUniversité d'Ottawa et sinstalle dans la capitale pour mener une carrière de journaliste et décrivaine. Elle collabore aux Annales de l'Institut canadien-français d'Ottawa, à La Revue moderne et dirige la page féminine du quotidien Le Droit, de 1934 à 1950. Lors du congrès du Conseil international des femmes, tenu à Washington en mai1925, elle est attachée au secrétariat français. Membre de la Société des écrivains canadiens-français, de la Société d'étude et de conférences, du Canadian Womens Press Club d'Ottawa et de l'Association des femmes journalistes, Marie-Rose Turcot publie, entre autres, L'Homme du jour (1920), Nicolette Auclair (1930), Un de Jasper (1933) et Au pays des géants et des fées (1937). Décédée à Orléans le 27novembre1977. Le 25 juin 2005, à Ottawa, la Fondation du patrimoine de lOntario a dévoilé une plaque commémorant la vie et l'œuvre de Marie-Rose Turcot
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