Doris Veillette

Doris Veillette (July 6, 1935 in Louiseville, Quebec, Canada – January 4, 2019, in Trois-Rivières) was a Quebec journalist and feminist. She was married on September 3, 1955 in Saint-Pierre Church of Shawinigan to Marc Hamel.

Doris Veillette
Occupation	journalist

Doris Veillette practiced as a journalist from September 1968 to January 1995 in the daily newspaper Le Nouvelliste, published in Trois-Rivières.[1]

Biographical summary

The historian Gaétan Veillette says about her:

Doris Veillette marked the collective thought of her time with her thousands of writings on various subjects such as the arts and family affairs, with a special touch on the typical subjects, in particular: work-family conciliation, the emancipation of women, their involvement in the public sphere, their affirmation in business, their career successes, their financial independence, their artistic works, the domestic arts, business affairs, cooking, parent-child relationships, clothes...[2]

"In Le Nouvelliste, she signed her articles / chronicles under" Doris Hamel "until September 1981; then generally under Doris V.-Hamel until 1992; then, Doris Veillette-Hamel. Her pen name reflects the societal transition from the era when a woman adopted de facto the family name of her husband, and then a hybrid surname, until the era of the use of her own birth name. "[3]

"As a free thinker, in a simple and direct style, she philosophically reflected the contemporary concerns and aspirations of women in the Mauricie region. It made women think about their reality, their savoir-être, their role as "domestic engineer" and their search for the ideal of the "modern woman".[4]

Doris Veillette was the author of the pageant theatrical play of August 14, 1988, during the Tricentennial Festivities of Veillet/te of America in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan. After her career as a journalist, as a member of the Association of Retirees of Le Nouvelliste (ARALN), she wrote a historical research published on October 27, 1995 in the book "L'histoire trifluvienne et régionale” (The trifluvian and regional history) recounting the stages 75 years of regional life of the daily newspaper Le Nouvelliste. She was chair of the 75th anniversary commemorative book committee.[5]

Notes and references

1. Article: "Doris Veillette-Hamel, journaliste 27 ans (de 1968 à 1995) au quotidien Le Nouvelliste" (Doris Veillette-Hamel, working for 27 years as journalist (from 1968 to 1995) at the daily newspaper Le Nouvelliste), by Gaétan Veillette, bulletin Le Pathiskan, volume 33, no. 2, Spring-Summer 2019, p. 30, edited by Association des Veillet/te d’Amérique inc (Veillet/te family Association of America).
2. Article: "Doris Veillette-Hamel, journaliste 27 ans (de 1968 à 1995) au quotidien Le Nouvelliste” (Doris Veillette-Hamel, journalist working for 27 years (from 1968 to 1995) at the daily newspaper Le Nouvelliste), by Gaétan Veillette, bulletin Le Pathiskan, volume 33, no. 2, Spring-Summer 2019, p. 30, edited by Association des Veillet/te d’Amérique inc (Veillet/te family Association of America).
3. Article: "Doris Veillette-Hamel, journaliste 27 ans (de 1968 à 1995) au quotidien Le Nouvelliste” (Doris Veillette-Hamel, journalist working for 27 years (from 1968 to 1995) at the daily newspaper Le Nouvelliste), by Gaétan Veillette, bulletin Le Pathiskan, volume 33, no. 2, Spring-Summer 2019, p.  31, edited by Association des Veillet/te d’Amérique inc (Veillet/te family Association of America)
4. Article: "Doris Veillette-Hamel, journaliste 27 ans (de 1968 à 1995) au quotidien Le Nouvelliste” (Doris Veillette-Hamel, journalist working for 27 years (from 1968 to 1995) at the daily newspaper Le Nouvelliste), by Gaétan Veillette, bulletin Le Pathiskan, volume 33, no. 2, Spring-Summer 2019, p.  31, edited by Association des Veillet/te d’Amérique inc (Veillet/te family Association of America)
5. Journal Le Nouvelliste, January 25, 1993, p. 28, photo of the leaders of the Association of retirees of Le Nouvelliste who were re-elected at the annual general meeting (AGM).