Justine Lacoste-Beaubien | |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1877 |
Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
Known For: | Opening the Saint-Justine hospital |
Relations: | Alexandre Lacoste, father |
Justine Lacoste-Beaubien (October 1, 1877 - January 17, 1967) was one of the founders of the children's hospital Sainte-Justine Hospital.
Born in Montreal, the daughter of Alexandre Lacoste and Marie-Louise Globensky, she married Louis de Gaspé-Beaubien, son of Hon. Louis Beaubien, in 1899. Her maternal great-grandfather was born in Berlin to a family of Polish origin.[1]
In 1934 Lacoste-Beaubien was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire "for services for sick and crippled children; in founding and extending the St. Justine Hospital".
. Justine Lacoste-Beaubien: au secours des enfants malades. Anne-Marie Sicotte. XYZ Publishing . Anne-Marie Sicotte . 2002. 2-89261-324-8. French.