Robertine Barry (26 February 1863 – 7 January 1910), pseudonym Françoise, was an early French Canadian journalist and publisher and a popular member of Montreal society.

[1] Barry attended elementary school in Les Escoumins from 1868 to 1873, and was a day student at the Couvent Jésus-Marie in Trois-Pistoles.

[3] Barry used her column in La Patrie to organize a successful fundraising campaign to buy the bell.

[2] The magazine, subtitled "Le Gazette canadienne de la famille", offered a wide variety of features intended primarily for women.

[3] The magazine also reflected Barry's interest in literature, publishing works of distinguished Quebec writers such as Laure Conan, Juliette Adam, Marie Gérin-Lajoie, Louis Fréchette and Émile Nelligan.