Visit To Mus茅e Des S艙urs Hospitali猫res 2015
October 6th, 2015The visit at the聽聽helped students assess the reality of Quebec women鈥檚 lives. Students 聽were divided into 2 sub-groups each accompanied with a guide who lectured them for a聽full hour. . Many students were surprised to see the lives of cloistered nuns in the 19th century (they visited their parloir, their聽refectoire and their cell). The book of entries of the young girls (they had to decipher the handwriting) provided interesting insights聽on the lives of these women in the 1820s (level of poverty / age they started their noviciate/ the dowry they brought to the聽congregation/ the tight control exercised by the bishop over these women/ the ability to professionally fulfill themselves inside the聽congregation, etc.) This visit enables students聽to assess the role of women in nineteenth-century society and to raise questions about feminism. This visit also provides a great聽opportunity to explore history outside of class and to link what we learn in class to the actual historical buildings we cross every聽day without really seeing them (Hotel-Dieu Hospital and the sisters鈥� monastery). It is a great opportunity to have students reflect聽on the rights women gained in the course of the 20th century.
