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H. l._\ nn ('ampbell In l‘é‘t'lMHll!!!)l’l (if the cemen- iiiul (if the Ontario Allin-MU (4/ iL'l'it'H/IHI‘L' and loud, the Inf/Uli‘IHL’ ll!§{f)l'_l' of 0.11:” (NH! l-H’IU was prepared, In f/rl‘s Mite, learn about activities timmm‘ i/re IHI‘N ri/ [lie 20H! (until/11‘. l/it' unit/1' will be i'i/HIHHH’H' m the Ht-‘Xl issue of Home A” ('mmnfii'. [he (inturio Ministry oi Agriculture and Mod and the \Noinen's ilhlllLilL‘ movement il£t\L‘ enioyed a Close, working relationship over the past 91 tents. I min the very beginning ill the WI movement, these two in irttni/ultons him." L'O-(ipt‘l'ilitc'd to achieve their common goal, its described in the Ontario “mncn's lmlilule Story, “the consideration of any problem oi the carrying on ol‘ any line oi work \iltielt has us its object the nplilt old Ilte home or the betterment ol conditions surrounding community lil'e". llie inst meeting oi the Women's Institute was held on leli. I‘), H407. (the ol' the motions etn tied at that meeting \Hh that :1 “Women's Depart- ment of Domestic [:conomy in till'ilnition with the Farnters‘ Institutes" he organized. To this end. l'rlund lee wrole to .l. |. Hudson, Superintendent oi the l-armerx' Institute Branch of the Ontario Depart- ment ol' Agriculture and to John Dryden, lhe Ontario Minister of Agriculture, for government cooperation and support. __*\__â€"___â€"__â€" II H & (' April, May 1938 At a second meeting on Feb. 2:3. 1897, a letter was read from John Dryden in which he agreed to provide support for this new organization in the form of grants and affiliation with the Department of Agriâ€" culture through the Farmers’ Institute Branch. The Department of Agriâ€" culture’s support of this new organization was only natural given the fact that it was aimed at rural women and its express purpose was the betterment of rural home life. This was clearly laid out at the second meeting ol‘ the organization when it adopted as it objective the following: to promote the knowledge of Household Science which shall lead to improvements in house- hold architecture with special attention to home sanitation, to a better understanding of the economic and hygienic value of foods and fuels, and to a more scientific care of children with a view of raising the general standards of the health of our people. (iiven this objective, the depart- ment's commitment to all of rural Ontario, plus the prece- dent established with the department‘s support of the Farmers‘ Institute, it was logical that the department help this new organization in any way it could. For their part, the WI founders realized the depart- ment could offer them many advantages. These varied from Erlan Lee such concrete items as fur and organizational leade‘ in to more intangible things .h as the support of this 5e, important branch of the gt n- ment and its manyrural e01 - x. The department was on to help this new and expat rig organization. In 1899, \t sil women were hired as spt 3n and organizers to promor his new movement. One oi as women was Laura I formerly a dairy instructor the Ontario Agricultural Ce ice. Miss Rose helped organi. he second WI Branch at Whi in June 1899 and numerous titer institutes over the next st .nl years. The other women hir a at this time included Miss Bi. tiche Maddock, Mrs. A. Kimci‘. Miss J. L. Smith, and M ii} A. Hollingsworth. These u-inren were directly responsibi: tor organizing 16 of the first 50 Women’s Institutes.