Chronology of the Conventions
of the Fédération Féminine Franco-Américaine
Timeline taken from the “History
and Mission of the Fédération Féminine Franco-Américaine
(1951-1991) by Charlotte Bordes LeBlanc found in Steeples and
Smokestacks edited by Claire Quintal
1951 Foundation at the second Convention of the Comité d'orientation franco-américaine, Lewiston, Maine 1953 First Convention, Worcester, Mass. 1954 Second Convention, Thème: La femme dans le mouvement de la vie française [Woman in the French Life Movement], Manchester, NH 1956 Third convention, Thème: Éducation franco-américaine [Franco-American education], Springfield, Mass 1958 Fourth Convention, Thème: Action féminine franco-américaine [The Action of Franco-American Women], Waterbury, Conn. 1960 Fifth Convention, Thème: Collaboration à la vie franco-américaine [Collaboration in Franco-American Life], New Bedford, Mass. 1962 Tenth Anniversary, Sixth Convention, Thème: Convaincre et agir pour notre refrancisation [To Convince and to Act in favor of Refrancisation], Québec, Québec 1965 Seventh Convention, Thème: Le français dans la famille, à l'école, chez les jeunes [French language for the Young in the Home and at School], Boston, Mass. 1967 Eighth Convention, Thème: L'enseignement du français dans les écoles paroissailes et publiques [The Teaching of French in Parochial and Public Schools], Lewiston, Maine 1969 Ninth Convention, Thème: Le rôle de la "Fédé" dans l'éducation [The Role of the “Fédé” in Education], New York, NY 1971 Twentieth Anniversary, Tenth Convention, Thème: Renaissance du français au 20e siècle [The Renaissance of French in the 20th Century], Montréal, Québec 1973 Eleventh Convention, Thème: Culture vivante [Living Culture], Québec, Québec 1975 Twelfth Convention, Thème: La Femme, son épanouissement et son action social [Woman, her Personal Growth and her Social Action], Newport, RI 1977 Twenty-fifth Anniversary, Thirteenth Convention, Thème: Vingt-cinq années d'action [Twenty-Five Years of Action], Boston, Mass. 1979 Fourteenth Convention held jointly with that of the AFA [1980-1987], Thème: La femme franco-américaine: son rôle, ses droits et ses responsabilités vis-à-vis du bilinguisme et du biculturalism dans notre société [ The Franco-American Woman: her Role, her Rights and her Responsibilities vis-à-vis Bilingualism and Biculturalism in our Society], Providence, RI 1981 Thirtieth Anniversary, Fifteenth Convention, Thème: Trente années de volontariat [thirty Years of Volunteerism], new Britain, Conn. 1984 Sixteenth convention, Thème: la femme francophone aux États-Unis [The Francophone Woman in the United States], Nashua, NH 1986 Thirty-fifth Anniversary, Seventeenth Convention, Thème: La Franco-Américaine: son action contemporaine [The Franco-American Woman in the Field of Social Services], Springfield, Mass. 1988 Eighteenth Convention, Thème: La Franco-Américaine dans les services sociaux [The Franco-American Woman in the Field of Social Services], Newport, RI 1991 Fortieth Anniversary,
Nineteenth Convention, Thème: Histoire et mission de la F.F.F.-A
[History and Mission of the F.F.F.-A], Worcester, Mass.
Timeline taken from History and
Mission of the Fédération Féminine Franco-Américaine
(1951-1991) by Charlotte Bordes LeBlanc found in Steeples
and Smokestacks edited by Claire Quintal and can be purchased at
amazon.com or your local bookstore.
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