The Franco-American Women’s Institute is an organization of women who gather together as a force for the specific purpose of promoting Franco-American, ethnic women’s voices. The Franco-American Women’s Institute is also an archival place or a recording place. The women come together in many forms of presentation, body, soul and creative spirit, as Franco-American women–Québécois, Acadian, Métis, Mixed Blood, French Canadian, ‘Cajun, Creole and Huguenot–in a way which encourages them to be voiced while collecting a record of their and their maman’s existence.