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; on‘ * .wi> ons | oc c _ . *~~ ~~ome M erorne mleneer || s it i.k â€"<,. ... :. > es domestic sciences pioneer . | o e t es mss ioliele Adelaide Hoodless watched helplessly yc lt e ht e in o as her youngest child, just past his first | â€" Mmss t N@%w\*o J s e _ birthday, died after drinking contamiâ€" | o se e . + ® ". '@i“\f sls Canadaat the turn of the century i s . % e e Hoodless devoted the rest of her life e _ â€" es \\‘g to educating women in the "domestic t B . g zmss .â€" imamatn. .l 3 \’ sciences." Back then, women‘s work oc n‘ . i. â€". o ce fussy handâ€"sewing to cooking from | sys tss s::‘ ~I. & ~~ ~ cce rudimentary, Where Hoodless lived in on mt ce . e Oe f oL Hamilton, milk was delivered in open | un un o d ‘% 2 s e .o vats, buzzing with flies. | yhaat e tw 3; CE e e y P cce making the same scientific rigor and n Ccocman it o &%@ _ . o ies wace respect as men‘s professions. Women, t c ts9 ty e _ mss N2 she declared briskly, must be taught t e o . ns . esc the value of "pure air, proper food, SySâ€" | e ce‘ io _ aapicth tematic management, economy, care of | s in e n _ gy“g\%\ se e wl % and the prevention of disease." | ts ee . WAAA _ _ s Snsce Her indefatigable lobbying and lecâ€" | stt 0y “1‘ ~ ooo turing helped bring domesticâ€"science | m n taanta .. . w e . _ . wooe l umt courses to high schools across Onâ€" f e ts ’ c SSE tario, and led several colleges and a | in ~§ e &»w@ t university faculty to be established. | | t m ne, Pss \} e . Wl n o u. 1898 domestic science textbook, the first o e e _ _ o aacoee composition of food, recipes, and the imâ€" | 220 ucce A\,;j:‘% .‘ aeepe s lk: 2 portance of cleanliness. Hoodless | . X mmiert i en o Q\@@Q@& cagte *Â¥ warned that lack of domesticâ€"science | & in o ts g’fi% _ e d i C 4 training created inferior homes, leading | | hy‘ _‘ We s to juvenile delinguency and "a general | - 1y ~~ _ hsny lack of appreciation for quality," writes | t > _ . amalrrey her biographer, Cheryl MacDonald. | 1 P 0 e‘ .2 i S j Hoodless also founded the Women‘s Inâ€" | â€" %“;\;{@,& e #.0%e . e stitute, which has organized and educatâ€" | © ;’&: s @@ 20 e $3 Cme 20 “»\:f | _ ed women in rural Canada for decades, | o l s * and helped eetatlish (ne nagionsl TA . _ o‘ CA, the Vietorian Order of Nurses, and | h. _ _A ez National Counciiof Worien. 7 (%." mm . . oo mre Sn .# . n tenttranrraaiates oooz _ | Mrs. Apecaipe HuntEr HOODLESS f 1“ HAMILTON, ONTARIO. § ; + ; 9 ‘Founder of the First Women‘s Institute at Stoney Creek, Ontario. February 19, 1897. i | iE