1657-1748+Agathe+de+Saint-Pere

Agathe de Saint-Pere

“Saint-Pere, Agathe de (Lagardeur de Repentigny).” //Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.// University of Toronto, 2000. Web. 21 May. 2012. .
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[] > Winter was coming, people were going to freeze to death with lack of winter clothing - her experiments saved them
 * 1657 - 1748
 * Manufacturer in Montreal, Canada
 * Attended school at Marguerite Bourgeoy's school
 * Was dynamic
 * Back then fur trades were severed and must rely on their own resources
 * Short of wool and linen, she experimented on nettles, bark fibers, cottonweeds and wolly hair of buffalo
 * Clothes were course, cheap
 * Created workshop in her own home, hiring English weavers, others learned her technique and soon 120 ells of cloth from more than 20 looms were made
 * Also made maple sugar candy for the king
 * Discovered multiple dyes and new process for fixing colour
 * Could dye deerskin without oiling it first - lowered cost of making clothes from them
 * If she hadn't discovered this, many people would have froze to death from lack of winter clothingm - had to depend on their own resources
 * Land clearing and fur trade was most important - neglected to grow materials for winter clothing
 * We remembered her b/c she saved colony during hard years after the taking of the //Seine//
 * Today we have various colours and materials thanks to her experiments and discoveries

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 * Dad passed away when she was 6 months old, mother passed away when 15
 * Learned economics and taking care of her little sisters and brother
 * After inheriting piece of land in Point St Charles - gew hemp and lax
 * Maple sugar candy high priced in France - gave her lots of wealth
 * Took 9 England weavers, built looms for her and passed down techniques to Canadian weavers who later replaced the England ones
 * Died at 91 years of age
 * Contributed to development of the colony by creating new jobs for others and wealth
 * Succeeded in the world of "men"
 * One of the most impressive matriarchs the new colony