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Erland Lee, at whose farm Stoney Creek [right] the constitution of the Women’s Institute was drawn up in February, 1897. BY JEANNETTE MOORE Last Tuesday, Norwood Women's Institute celebrated its 70th anniversary - 70 years of achievement in a movement which has affected the lives of all of us movement that had its beginning 83 years ago at Stoney Creek, Ontario, and has spréad to every hamlet, village and city across Canada and from here around the world. Bus although anyone who lives in rural Ontario is aware of the dedication and acuvity of Women's Institute member: was unaware, as no doubt are many other readers, of the influence of this movement on all our lives until I took the time this week to read about the woman who started the W.1. Knowledge brings respect - for the effect of one woman's energy and far-sighted intelligence = a Century woman's libber. The 13th and last child of Irish immigrants to Pe ‘county, Ontario, Adelaide Hunter was bor in 1857, received little formal education but was d with a brilliane mind. She read and udied extensively and her ideas, which urging, introduced a course of Domestic Science The Women's Institute The need for a school to teach Domestic Science teachers arose as a result of the expansion of Domestic Science through the school Leste and Mrs. Hoodless prevailed upon Sir William MacDonald to prévide funds for ike college in Guelph. Be Bur strangely, the Women’s Institute ‘which she founded, owed its existence not only to the woman Adelaide Hoodless, but also to a man, Erland Lee, sPcsstary iat Ce ime of the Farmers’ Institute Wentworth County The Ontario organization known as the Farmers’ Institute was started in 1884 agricultural conference in Guelph at which she accused farmers of being more concerned about the health of their animals than their children, and of feeding their animals more scientifically than their own families. Herland Lee heard ‘her was impressed. He asked Mrs. Hoodless to come and speak at the Saldflees Township Farmers’ Institue - which s] . In her should also have an organization to help them with their work. ‘Such an organization is more necessary, in fact"’ said Mrs. Hoodless “since women's work, homecraft and mothercraft, is much more important than that of men as it concerns the home and the care of the loved ones who dwell therein.’ . ‘he women at the meeting agreed with the idea and 35 of them promised to attend an organizing meeting called for February 19th 1397, at the old Squire’s Hall, Stoney of knowledge rela economy, including household architec- special attention to home clothing and fuel, and a more scientific care and training of children a witha YEW raising the general standard of the health and morals of our As well as founding the Insite piel today has members in every country in the world, Mrs. Hoodless continued the promotion of the teaching of Household Science, she assisted: Lady Aberdeen, wife of the Governor-General, in founding the Victorian Order of Nurses, and she influenced Mrs. Massey-Treble to estab- lish the Lillian Massey School of Domestic Science in Toronto later to become the Household Science Department of the University of Toronto.