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| | k nz P 6. ) &«m/)m f ; . s es E. PC Le #/€. + ~fazee LA 204A leirE. ElugtG g?) @ A : § / f hy . ‘ a L Ha a / zs \ .A&&Jfl-f/fi J/ /. u.&z/. A&.. / / M}a,éuw, %; / .z ( 43 mao. ons of Allse Seremritho C At). & / ; & A i I delaide Hoodless , ELAIDE SOPHiA #000LESS 1@s7.101 [ bl d t il # ADELAIDE SOPHA HOOLESS 1857â€"191C 1 d § S»" n> ol zed a tra y o) AR i ol 2o d mt _ As first President of the Hamilton S hy Mlkk.= / ip . ‘In the midst of an address in the Young Women‘s Christian Associaâ€" 2 k Q! § interest of a cause so near and dear 10 _ on [her] crusade for better training of 5 j Cin | : her heart â€" the advancement of the women in homemaking skills led to the 3 j i & / 1 < welfare of the women of Canada â€" formation of a school for instruction on # 13â€" [ Mrs. John Hoodiess of this city was scientific houschold management in i q éi : suddenly called to the great 1893. When the YWCA School of y e * L’%{ i . beyond ... on Saturday afternoon." Domestic Science opened, ... Adelaide is W * SW I‘ «08 F â€" Hamilton Times, Feb. 28, 1910 Hoodless was criticized severely for fi,@ â€" ale ';;“ és w] C mmz suggesting that the school should be â€" Suhet S > | 1 financed by the Board of Education. f | 4 B orn in a farmhouse between Brantâ€" As components of her tireless camâ€" | Ii CANADA ford and the Village of St. George, _ paign for better education for women, CCC ~ Adelaide Hunter was the youngest of 12 _ Adelaide Hoodless was actively inâ€" children. In 1881, at the age of 24, she _ volved in the formation of a number Of _ on March 8, 1993 â€" International Women‘s Day married a wellâ€"toâ€"do Hamilton business _ [other] organizations, including the â€" Canada Post unveiled the first issue of four man, John Hoodless. ; j » commemorative stamps honouring prominent ; css ; Nfaum.lal Council of Women, the Canadian women. The Hoodless stamp was Adelaide Hoodless might have led a _ Victorian Order of Nurses @nd the = jsued in honour of the centennial anniversaâ€" relatively unremarkable life were it not Women‘s Institutes. ;\iles of the National Council of Women and the ; ; ; ational Office of the YWCA. Adelaide was a for a devastating family tragedy. At the Hoodless WCW herself into @ll hT _ founding member of these organizations. She . | tender age of 18 months, the youngest _ endeavours with the greatest energy, also helped draft the charter for the Women‘s member of the Hoodless household but that took its toll. Tragedy struck on Institute movement and org.anilze the first Instiâ€" died after drinking contaminated milk, _ February 28, 1910, when in the middle _ V‘ 4t Stoney Creek, Ontario, in 1897. Rather than giving in to despair, the _ of a speech in Toronto the 53â€"y€@râ€"0Id canagian commemorative Postage Stamps reproduced | death of her precious child galvanized _ crusader suffered a massive heart attack . **"°% 0 CanadaPost Comoration, Copyright 1998. * Hoodless into action. Beginning by _ and died instantly. campaigning for pure milk, she soon On November 1, 1911, a group of oess oi o e oeret expanded her focus. Hamilton citizens gathered to lay the Adopting the motto, "You purify _ comerstone for the Adelaide Hoodless society when you purify the home," _ School. Adelaide Hoodless felt that the educaâ€" 20. , . tion system did not adequately prepare _ This article â€" written by Brian Henley, ® . women for the responsibilities of reporter wzz.h the Hamilton Specza{or â€" was Fousshold manacement reprinted in part from an article that : E * appeared in the March 6, 1993 edition. | |