Filles du roi: the Founding Mothers of New France

Sent by Louis XIV, the filles du roi were sent to North America to birth new generations of colonists and help conquer the land.

On September 22, 1663, thirty-six young women arrived in a French colony on the shores of the St. Lawrence River in a region that we now call eastern Canada.

By: Ann Foster

https://daily.jstor.org/filles-du-roi-the-founding-mothers-of-new-france/

Books about New France at PG:
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