Rocheleau, Corrine

Although born in the U.S., French was her native language. Deafened at age 9 from illness; attended the oral Sisters of Providence school for the deaf in Montreal, then completed her studies at home on her own. Worked for a while in the U.S. civil service in Washington, DC, then "associated in business with her brother" for a number of years before giving that up to write and lecture full-time. Wrote Hors de Sa Prison (Out of Her Prison, 1928, honored by the French Academy), Heroic French women of Canada (1922), and Those in the Dark Silence: The Deaf-Blind of North America, a Record of To-day (1930). Laurentian Heritage is probably the best known of her works. After marriage, she often used the name Corinne Rocheleau-Rouleau.