In the 1970s in Acadia, besides Antonine Maillet, only one other woman wrote and published literary works. More specifically, between 1973 and 1985, Huguette Légaré published one novel and five collections of poetry with Quebec, French and Acadian editors. The analysis of the Huguette-Légaré archives (231) at the Centre d’études acadiennes is the best way to describe the trajectory of a young woman from the bourgeoisie of Quebec City who, after several summers working at camp Ectus in Petit-Rocher, decided to settle permanently in Acadia and to be inspired by it to write her books which are little known today. This contribution aims to answer the following questions: How were her family tree and schooling decisive in Huguette Légaré’s literary career? How does maternal filiation have a positive impact on her personal development? To describe this trajectory, we shall let the archives speak for themselves. The documents will first of all shed a light on Légaré’s family situation. Subsequently, we are interested in two specific aspects of the archives. On the one hand, the poems and compositions written during her high school studies at the Collège Jésus-Marie de Sillery will be used to show the adolescent’s disposition for literature. On the other hand, Lucette Lemieux’s letters sent to her eldest daughter in the 1970s will attest to the former’s encouragement and maternal benevolence.