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Agathe de Saint-Père de Repentigny, textile entrepreneur of New France

The commemorative plaque to Agathe de Saint-Père de Repentigny in Montréal, 2020.
The commemorative plaque to Agathe de Saint-Père de Repentigny in Montréal, 2020. Plaque - Agathe de Saint-Pere de Repentigny · Jeangagnon · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Agathe de Saint-Père de Repentigny established a textile workshop in early-18th-century Montréal to address a shortage of fabric in New France. She developed dyes and cloth from local plants and fibres, and ransomed and hired English weavers who had been taken captive, pairing them with Canadian apprentices.

Scope & context

Repentigny as described in her designation.

Sources behind this record

1
Agathe de Saint-Père de Repentigny National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

Importance; plaque text

2
SAINT-PÈRE, AGATHE DE (Legardeur de Repentigny) ↗

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval

Textile manufacture; ransomed and hired English captive weavers