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6%477MuébPerson 9: Adela1de Hunter was the youngest of th1rteen ch1ldren. She was born at the farr hone, two and a half m1les west of the v1llage of St. George 1n Brant County. Her brothers attended un1vers1ty, but all the formal educat1on she rece1ved was at the Gennan' s publ1< school 1n the Blue Lake and Auburn Cannun1ty. In 1881 she marr1ed Ham1lton bus1nessman, Johr Hoodless. They had four ch1ldren. ,Due to the loss of a ch1ld at the age of e1ghteen nonths and because h1s death was attr1buted to the lack of proper knowledge 1n 1nfant feed1ng, she des1red to br1ng educat1on 1n hanenak1ng to the g1rls and wanen of our country. In 189' Adela1de was 1nv1ted to speak at the annual meet1ng of the Exper1mental Un1on of the Farmers Inst1tute. Mr. Erland Lee of Stoney Creek was part1cularly 1mpressed w1th her message an< 1nv1ted her to speak at the Fanners' Inst1tute meet1ng at Stoney Creek. The wonen of the cannun1ty were 1nv1ted as guests to th1s meet1ng. At th1s meet1ng, she suggested that the wonen have an organ1zat1on of the1r own to study homenak1ng 1n the same way that the1r husbands stud1ed Farm1ng. A meet1ng was arranged for the follow1ng Fr1day even1ng when 10 wanen and one man, Mr. Lee, attended. He was cha1rman. There on February 19, 1897, 11 Squ1re's Hall, the f1rst Wanen's Inst1tute was organ1zed, and so an organ1zat1on for rura' women was born, a new 1dea. In 1899 she suggested that the Wonen's Inst1tute ask the Governnent to prov1de for the sc1ent1f1c educat1on of women by establ1sh1ng a wonen'= \\ \ department at the O.A.C., Guelph. Adela1de worked toward th1s and planned to move her College of Donest1c Sc1ence and Art to Guelph from Han1lton and make 1t the nucleus of the new sch sol She 1nterested Dr. M1lls, the Pres1dent of O.A.C. 1n the project. She conferre( w1th the Deparbnents of Agr1culture and Educat1on and was assured that funds to ma1nta1n the school would be prov1ded 1f a bu1ld1ng could be made ava1lable. She then approached Sn W1lll1am Macdonald, the Tobacco K1ng of Montreal w1th an appeal for funds for a bu1ld1ng The result was a contr1but1on of $200, 000 to bu1ld Macdonald Inst1tute at Guelph. A fa years later, S1r W1ll1an also endowed a Hone Econom1cs School at Macdonald College, Quebec ' Adela1de Hoodless was a wonan of v1s1on w1th courage and ab1l1ty to work and f1ght for ; broader educat1on for women. She was a leader and an educat1onal1st. She was a p1oneer n adult educat1on. Through the Wonen's Inst1tute, wonen were g1ven an opportun1ty to shar( the1r knowledge and the1r th1nk1ng and when they needed more 1nformat1on they asked th: governnent for help from tra1ned personnel. Fran th1s request the Hone Econon1cs Branch 1 the<m1tar1o Deparbnent of Agr1culture and Food was developed. Later the 4rH Honenak1ng Club; were forned for g1rls. Mrs. Hoodless d1ed on the platform wh1le speak1ng at a meet1ng 1n February 1910. She wa: Iappeal1ng for a school of Household Sc1ence at un1vers1ty level. In 1959 the Federata _ _ .__,___L_aa_ _a [ Women's |nst1tutes of Canada purchased the Hunter Honestead and three acres of land._ Tf ' home has been restored and furn1shed w1th furn1sh1ngs of the per1od when Mrs. Hoodless l1ve | there. Person 10: The Federated Wanen's |nst1tutes of Canada was organ1zed on February 13, 1919 t coord1nate the work of the Prov1nces, and to act as a clear1ngâ€"house for the1r var10L act1v1t1es. Th1s organ1zat1on also afforded opportun1ty to 1n1t1ate a progranne wh1ch woul prov1de the best poss1ble results for the efforts expended. Person 11: Mrs. Alfred Watts, who had been a W.|. ”ember 1n Br1t1sh Colunb1a moved t England to l1ve. There she organ1zed the f1rst Wanen's Inst1tute 1n England. Later, work1r . w1th women frdn Sweden and other European countr1es, the Assoc1ated Country Women of tr World was organ1zed 1n 1930. It 1s the 1nternat1onal organ1zat1on of the Wonen's 1nst1tute andtother wonen's organ1zat1ons. Its' purpose 15 to further 1nternat1onal relat1ons 1n ever way, cons1stent w1th the a1ms of the organ1zat1on. ACWW represents over n1ne m1ll1on wane around the world and 1s recogn1zed by the Un1ted Nat1ons as a non- governnental organ1zat1or Conferences are held every three years, 1n d1fferent countr1es. Person 12: The ma1n fund1ng source of the Assoc1ated Country Wonen of the World's work 1 ,HTE frdn Penn1es for Fr1endsh1p. These voluntary donat1ons of ”Penn1es? or ”Co1ns" cane frc menbers all over the world and g1ve ACWW the freedan to speak and work’for the benef1t of al 1ts' menbers.