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intario Women‘s Institute W as an educaiional force _ Adelaide Hoodless pioneer On Miss Watson‘s reâ€" ._Adelaide Hoodless died § commendation, a comâ€" in 1910, too soon to see that to Women‘s Institute mittee was appointed; and wellâ€"planned. Home }E)co(i-s f a program of short courses monics courses in sc + j s itati was drawn up and present were to become a part of ;‘ lfi;elflgf g;gzg:gt Eg&et;ougggzt::gil;agtlgg t’h: ed to the Minister of the education of a girl and The first Women‘s Inâ€" economic and hygenic valâ€" Africulture, the. Hon. too soon . tOHSee ;Ehaf : : : ¢ stitute was organized as the ue of foods, clothing and JaMes S. Duff. The education mld ({)me c((i) 7 | result of a remark made by â€" fuel, and a more scientific Minister readily accepted: nomics woul e made ) Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless â€" care and training of chilâ€" the plan and provided the available to girls and young during a speech she was dren with a view to raising Staff of lecturers and women through th}f v;rg making at the ladies‘ night â€"the general standard of teachers required. During organization that she ha 1 of the Farmer‘s Institute on _ health and morals for our the fall and winter of 1912 mspx.red-. Junior Extension s . February 12, 1897, at young people." and 1913, short _courses ‘Services have been designâ€" : | Stoney Creek, Ontario. Within three years seâ€" called Demopstratmn Lecâ€" ed by the Home Economics Mrs. Hoodless said that veral Women‘s Institutes of ture Courses in food values, Branch and promoted by § farm women should have Ontario were organized for ©OOking, home nursing and the Women‘s Instltuté§ las' , § an organization similar to â€" word of this new organizaâ€" S°Wing were offered to early as 1923 when Girls the Farmers‘ Institute, tion spread rapidly Members of the Women‘s Garment Making Clubs i through which they could â€"_throughout the Province of Institutes. _Records show were introduced by the asâ€" & ‘ meet to hear experts speak Ontario. Women wâ€"e re that 1,167 women attended sistant superintendent, and discuss subjects perâ€" â€" eager to take advantage not theSe courses. Miss Ethel ~Chapman. | taining to improvement of â€" only of the social aspects of _ The section of the Deâ€" Homemaking Club _ work â€" : home living, i.e. Household the meetings but to avail Partment of Agriculture has developed steadily with Science: 3 themselves of the educaâ€" 4Caling with the Women‘s the clubs in food, clothing, _ Previously Mr. Lee had tional opportunities it ofâ€" Mstitutes was known in the house furnishings, etc. and | heard Mrs. Hoodless speak fered. early days as the Women‘s for some time have been ‘ at a meeting in Guelph and In 1899 Dr. C.C. Creela: Institute Branch. The Deâ€" designated 4â€"H Homemakâ€" he felt she had much to â€" man succeeded Mr. Hodâ€" MONAStration Lecture _ ing Clubs with a large perâ€" offer and ‘wentâ€"back and son as Superintendent of COUrses were sponsored by centage of the leaders after some persuasion got Farmers‘ and Women‘s the Women‘s Institutes for â€" supplied from the ranks of permission to have her Institutes and he began to WOMenâ€"and any girls who W.I. members. ‘ come and address the receive inquiries re the COUd attend. In addition to _ (Continued On Page 23) 4 . Ladies‘ Night mentioned . formation of branches. In COUSes in Food and Nutriâ€" above, There was some _ answer to the inquiries, Dr. tiOn, Clothing and Textiles, opch : opposition because they felt > Creelaman prepared a cirâ€" Home .Crafts, and Health \ it had to be a man to tell â€"cular giving all the availâ€" Education,~ there were ° 1 them how to raise calves, able information on the COurses and Conferences in j ete. organization. Home Planning and Furâ€" Mrs. Hoodless‘ idea apâ€" Early in the 1900‘s Nishings. Later courses in & es f pealed to Mr. Erland Lee, women were reaching for. Administrative Leadership . Secretary of the South opportunities for better Were offered to help the J t eA Wentworth Farmers‘ Inâ€" education for themselves WoOmen in carrying on their : P , | stitute. After â€"some discusâ€" â€" and for their daughters. OW Organization. t* ._._" ~ . Cl : l sion on February 12, it was â€"The Women‘s Institutes I_n 1934 Mr. Putnam | ho e s ~~<<@ iR decided that a meeting was the method developed Tetired and Miss Bess â€" es W agte. ... _ N . [â€" should be held a week later, to meet the general need MtDermand became suâ€" e ~ * i?"%: | ( | February 19, 1897, at for education for homeâ€" Perintendent ‘of the Woâ€" ' walll Squire‘s Hall in Stoney makers. The Departmentof M&N‘s Institute Branch. & $ 7 > * Creek. Mrs. Hoodless, who _ Agriculture recognized the Miss McDermand _ introâ€" f . ~. fi 3 - then lived in Hamilton, meed and endeavoured to 4U6edâ€"a local Leader € sAz x8 | agreed to speak again. meetit by the appointment ‘raining School method. / E. ‘ ie B During the ensuing week, of a ‘staff of capable and . This system brought | P * P Mr. and Mrs. Lee visited wellâ€"qualified lecturers who 10C2! leaders, usually Woâ€" [*">â€" 3 many homes in theâ€"vicinity _ were available for courses M&A‘s Institute Members, M _ S of Stoney Creek as they of instruction to Institute t* 2 central ‘‘school"‘ <to . 6 e drove up and down the â€" members. take instruction from a | | l ~ape rural roads with horse and In 1903, in addition to the Member of the staff of the o APF :. XHC cutter inviting the women _ specialists, another speaker WoOmen‘s Institute Branch. $ > faes To to attend. So Mrs. Hoodless service was set up with a It was then the duty of the e * _ i# ip * @£"~ | â€" spoke, and the conception _ part time staff of women of leaders. to take the inâ€" > is * T i s sa» *4 : ' of an organization was varied interests and qualiâ€" fOrmation back to the To e h outlined. Thirtyâ€"five woâ€" fications â€"=â€"â€"women doctors, embers of their local nsl 1 1‘,”‘ K hn men signified their intenâ€" â€" nurses, â€" teachers, dietiâ€" E*OuUpsS. .This system â€" of g/ § ”5 ,\'r‘i R tion to become members. â€"â€" tians, dressmakers, experts Geveloping leaders has * :; d ie The idea for such an in horticulture, beekeepâ€" been most successful and is o 2e S T & organization came from ‘a ing, dairying and houseâ€" USe4 still to get information > m h t f . & personal tragedy in the life wives with a flare for public t? _ Women‘s _ Institute | > & ~ f of Adelaide Hoodless. Her speaking and some experiâ€" Branches. t â€" > f c youngest son died at the ence in Institute work. After World War II, the | age of 18 months and the: Every year each Women‘s D@Me ‘"The Women‘s Inâ€" i T § doctor had told her that in â€" Institute District in the Stitute Branch‘‘ became the j f ‘ * 2 oyg._â€"c ' : his opinion, his death had _ Province "prepared for a WOmen‘s Institute Branch l 6. m Er & ‘ been caused by the child _ ‘"Summer Series of Meetâ€" 204 the Home Economics _‘ | 3 "‘» ie drinking impure milk. Adeâ€" â€" ing‘‘ and itinerant speakers _Ser\{lce. The policy was f ' Eo C R f laide Hoodless blamed the travelled from place to MStituted that the services * , C > e | ‘ death on her own ignorance . place addressing local Inâ€" Of the Branch were availâ€" fi * ..a> - M and the thought grew in her stitute meetings and to @Ple to all rural women in s c. 4 e _ j ; mind that girls should be quote a report of theâ€"day the province and Women‘s | L y > X% | receiving _ training _ in bringing both information Stitutes applying for the { r_ «* . e s Household Science along â€" and inspiration.‘" There Service. 1 M on _ F | with the other subjects was a winter series, too, The name of the branch | 4 taught ~inâ€" schools. To arranged by the Farmers‘ was again changed to the P promote the teaching of Institute. Home Economics Branch f this subject became a _ After a few years the Ontario Department _ of Mrs.Adelaide Hoodless § t crusade which Mrs. Hoodâ€" women in the Institutes Agriculture and Food and o 3 a f l_ess pursued the rest of her _ began to feel the need for now is just that, but Ontario * > Ti mctioe 7 life. ; more professional help and Ministry. Miss Helen Mcâ€" £#+ f asked to have teachers who â€" Kercher was the director â€" * On behalf of this new _ were specialists in theirline for 20 years retiring in 1976 f organization, _ Mr. Lee going from place to placeâ€" and was succeeded by Miss 2 wrote to Mr. J. L. Hodson, â€"giving a whole series of Molly McGhee, Eaihxuldj./“ o Superintendent »of â€" the Jlectures on one subject in~ rectorthas constantly workâ€" e g Farmers‘ Institute and to _ each place. ed to keep ‘the program of: #=. Lo the Hon. John Dryden, Miss Mary Urie Watson, the Department upâ€"toâ€"date ' Minister of Agriculture the first principal of Macâ€" to meet the educational * j | _asking for affiliation with â€"donald Institute at Guelph, needs of women in the area B h _ the Farmers‘ Institute and _ took up the cause arguing of homenmiaking. In 1970, | ' . | for government coâ€"operaâ€" that the Province was the program of the Home e ' tion and support. Theseâ€" ‘‘spending large sums of Economics Branch offered R requests were granted. money‘‘ to provide farmers â€" short _ courses, training > F The following is quoted _ with information about the schools, workshops _ in ~ | ' from Mr. Hudson‘s report â€" best methods of caring for Crafts, Clothing and Texâ€" dated 18981899 â€"â€" *‘The crops and livestockand that tiles, Food and Nutrition B > object of Women‘s Institute _ ‘surely it was of equal and _ Parliamentary â€" Proâ€" . shall be the dissemination importance to provide woâ€" cedure, also on Tweedsâ€" â€" , of knowledge, relating to _ _men of the country with muir Histories. Food For ' ' A | domestic economy, inâ€"â€" guidance in homemaking, ums are offered as evening * f | | eluding ~household â€" archiâ€" nutrition, child care and sessions and met ‘with | | tecture with special attenâ€" â€"â€"family living. approval. C . | [