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House before restorati on Page 1+ . ADELAIDE HOODLESS Adelaide Hoodless â€" Adelaide Hunter before her marriage, was born on a farm near St. George in Brant county, Ontario, one of thirteen children. The first Women's Institute was organized at Stoney Creek on February 19, 1897 by her. It is an interesting coincidence that the founder of the movement, Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless was born in 1857 so in 1957 was the hundredth anniversary of her birth and also the same year the sixtieth anniversary of the Womens Institute. Through her grief of the loss of her eighteen months old. baby who died from unsafe milk she felt the need. for adult education. ADEMIDE HOODLESS HOUSE By Maryn Pardy So this is the house Where an inspired woman lived. A woman who was distraught As she saw her young child die. A woman who berated herself For her own ignorance Of the things needful to sustain Iiife in small bodies. Then, out of her grief, A thought came nagging. There was so much ignorance 0f common things among The women of her: day. And yet there were those Who knew and could teach These women of the farm If only they could be got together. So this great woman With her mind on fire With an idea, set forth; And out of her determination Grew a great movement Which has spread And grown and enriched The lives of many thousands. We then revere this house And count it as a shrine, For because of the death 0f one small child Countless other children Have had better lives. Step softly then, you who enter, For here a grieving mother lived and dreamed. Typed by Marlene Parks