Abstract
The first French-Canadian feminists, organized in the Fédération nationale Saint-Jean-Baptiste (FNSJB) from 1907, actively promoted women's access to the public sphere, notably in the areas of women's suffrage, access to higher education, and participation in the work force. They also maintained an interest, one that has so far been neglected by historians, in the domestic situation of women and the question of domestic work. They addressed two themes in this context: domestic service and home economics. The speeches and actions of this first generation of feminists in the FNSJB reveal the importance they placed on these concerns, as well as the double goal of challenging women's relegation to the private sphere and of seeking recognition for the professional value of women's domestic work.
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