Rose Rose Doré

Rose Doré, originally from Ferme-Neuve, married Jean-Paul Rose in 1942. After settling in the Saint-Henri district of Montreal, the family moved to Ville Jacques-Cartier and fixed up their modest home so their five children could grow up comfortably. Deeply troubled by the social injustices she witnessed, Rose encouraged her children to pursue their education and try to escape a hard life of factory work. After the 1970 October Crisis, she devoted herself to defending her incarcerated sons, but also to the cause of other political prisoners, through the Comité d'information sur les prisonniers politiques. She died of cancer at age 66, just a few months before the release of Paul, her last imprisoned son.