Correction Girls
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Correction Girls
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#3Did the author just make up a new term?
This doesn't feel accurate at all, but I'm not going to spend time debunking this with French sources.
Wikipedia really has to be taken with a grain of salt.
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#4Did the author just make up a new term? This doesn't feel accurate at all, but I'm not going to spend time debunking this with French sources. Wikipedia really has to be taken with a grain of salt.
The source and bibliography is available. The 1885 book listed at the bottom of the article refer to them as "Correction" girls (with quotes).
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#5Did the author just make up a new term? This doesn't feel accurate at all, but I'm not going to spend time debunking this with French sources. Wikipedia really has to be taken with a grain of salt.
The source and bibliography is available. The 1885 book listed at the bottom of the article refer to them as "Correction" girls (with quotes).
Thank you - So apparently, the initial women that they sent were "casquette girls" then they sent these "correction girls" during a very specific period or region. I wasn't aware of that, was only familiar with the former and the Kings daughters which are seen from a positive light and had much better treatment.
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#6The Portuguese also had a scheme called Órphãs do Rei, where they sent marriageable girls to the colonies.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
The source and bibliography is available. The 1885 book listed at the bottom of the article refer to them as "Correction" girls (with quotes).
Thank you - So apparently, the initial women that they sent were "casquette girls" then they sent these "correction girls" during a very specific period or region. I wasn't aware of that, was only familiar with the former and the Kings daughters which are seen from a positive light and had much better treatment.
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#8Ironically, this reminds me of a quote from a French mathematician, philosopher:
“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” -- Blaise Pascal
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#9For the french side (in french)
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/le-pourquo...
It's of course not some specific move just for Louisiana, France was sending trouble makers and people they didn't want in their society, men and women, to many other remote places that needed warm bodies.
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#10> Later researchers would remark that while none of the correction girls had apparently had children, the casquette girls had been remarkably fertile.
What does it mean?