Imagine being a young lady in your teens or early twenties. You leave everything known to you to travel six to eight weeks across an unforgiving ocean toward a harsh land that requires all your strength and resolve to survive. We of French-Canadian descent are here today because approximately 800 young ladies did precisely that. These Filles du Roi, or King's Daughters, were not of royal blood, but they did have the backing of the king. In episode 7 of Maple Stars and Stripes, Sylvia Montville Bartholomy will regale us with the story of these remarkable women.