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Adelaide Hunter was born in this farm house and lived here until she married John Hoodless in 1881. On Febâ€" ruary 19th, 1897 she organized at Stoney Creek the world‘s first Women‘s Institute. It was her belief that in this organization rural women could discuss their probâ€" lems and work together to improve their standard of homemaking and citizenship. This movement spread rapidly throughout Ontario and later to other provinces. Mrs. Hoodless, a natural leader and forceful speaker, introduced the teaching of domestic science into Ontario schools and obtained funds for the building of Macâ€" Donald Institute at Guelph. The Homestead was purchased by the Federated Women‘s Institutes of Canada in 1959. It has been reâ€" stored and furnished in the period when Adelaide Hunter Hoodless lived there. This was a project of all Institutes in Canada. An apartment was added to the building in 1979. The National Historic Sites and Monuments Board erected a plaque in June of 1962 proclaiming Adelaide Hunter Hoodless an eminent Canadian. ADELAIDE HUNTER HOODLESS "THE WILLOWS" 1857 = 1910 A cairn bearing this inscription stands at the junction of Highways 5 and 24, a half mile from the Homestead. "To commemorate the birthplace of Adelaide Hunter Hoodless, 1857â€"1910, who founded the Women‘s Instiâ€" tute, February 19, 1897, erected by the Women‘s Instiâ€" tutes of Brant County, unveiled her Her Excellency Lady Tweedsmuir, October 7, 1937." When the Scottish Rural Institute members made a tour of rural Canada in 1939, a flag pole and flag were dedicated in the Adelaide Hoodless Memorial Park. This tribute to Mrs. Hoodless was placed on a plaque at the Homestead by the Ontario Archaeological and Hisâ€" toric Sites board in 1959. The South Dumfries Township Council erected a plaque in 1958: "Birthplace of Adelaide Hoodless, Founder of Women‘s Institutes". Wws s y c tat t tss aake § s t usns & c lc 2s €. stt & "\% s l tile t t §3 THE CAIRN INSCRIPTION wl t i \QF"»( j . 4A