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MR. J. 1. Hanson 1897-1899 Miss MARY A. CLARKE 1939-1945 Mas. CAMERON Dow MRS. LAURA Ross STEPHEN BM” «v DR. G. C. CREELMAN 1899-1904 MISS ANNA P. LEWIS 1945- JUDGE EMILY MURPHY Judge Emily Murphy, one of the outstanding women of Canadian life, was the first Presi- dent of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada. which came into being in the year 1919. $- MR. G. A. PUTNAM Miss M. MCDERMAND 1934- 1939 1904-1934 Through the years much of the strength of the Women’s Institute movement has been derived from the splendid leadership given by those who have been Superintendents of the Institutes Branch. In the early days, the Women’s Institutes came under the Farmersl Institute Branch, and Mr. Hudson and Dr. Creelrnan were superintendents of that Branch. Mr. Putnam was the first of the Superintendents of the Women’s Institute Branch, and he was followed by Miss M. MCDermand, Miss Mary A. Clarke and the present incumbent of the office, Miss Anna P. Lewis, all of whom are shown on this page. Mrs. Cameron Dow has given splendid leadership to the Dominion movement as President of the Federated Women's Instiv tutes of Canada. Mrs. Laura Rose Stephen was the first lecturer for Women’s Institutes appointed by the Ontario Department of Agriculture, and rendered great service in building the organi- zation in its early days. Macdonald Institute, Shown below, came into being as a women’s department of the 0.A.C. through the efforts of the Women’s Institutes and the keen interest of Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless, who persuaded Sir Wil- liam Macdonald to make a grant of $200,000 towards its establishment. E” \V MACDONALD INSTITUTE