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\ : fual se Ctao s se â€" g-i,aofl’ ' & â€" t h : s .. . . [ se r | ‘ ‘ w 2. ol | ADELAIDE HOODLESS | ' y= (1857â€"1910); § t _ 0 P C it ‘ ‘ domestic sciences pioneer 3 * a "fi n . / | _ Adelaide Hoodless watched helplessly y _ * 4 V | _ as her youngest child, just past his first | / R es } l . a & i birthday, died after drinking contamiâ€" > e °/. N * | _ nated milk in 1889. Her grief became the We _ sews t "e, Te | force behind a movement that helped C ./ R mt | bring science to housework across fos: y _ e * | _ Canadaattheturnof thecentury, | s =~ â€" MA s s ‘ Hoodless devoted the rest of her life 5 ing coii C e | _ to educating women in the "domestic | mrs mApstAct MV NJNE;RL'OODLESS |._sciences." Back then, women‘s work |/ : | Founder of the First V\;;)‘rgcn"s Inftgilutle8 ;; Stoney Creek, Ontario. ‘f glzzsafigfifie?gvlfiign& e(r:lgé?{siig gg;l | gurnsty. d R | scratch on wood stoves. Hygiene was â€" feseonmnianininannie o n Inareintenannintie | rudimentary Where Hoodless lived in | / _ _ | _ Hamilton, milk was delivered in open T ; vats, buzzing with flies. [ Hoodless crusaded to give homeâ€" || f . | _ making the same scientific rigor and | , ‘ respect as men‘s professions. Women, - s | she declared briskly, must be taught ; the value of "pure air, proper food, sysâ€" t § | _ tematic management, economy, care of F â€" ) children, domestic and civil sanitation : ) and the prevention of disease." | 5 | _ Her indefatigable lobbying and lecâ€" W¢ ' | turing helped bring domesticâ€"science | & | courses to high schools across Onâ€" _ â€" | tario, and led several colleges and a | j â€" s | uiniversity faculty to beestablished. | _ _| _ Hoodless broughta Victorian blend of | â€" 1 science and morality to her cause. Her | f | 1898 domestic science textbook, the first I f : | in Canada, covers calories, chemical [ < ; 1 composition of food, recipes, and the imâ€" ; | portance of cleanliness Hoodless l 4 | _ warned that lack of domesticâ€"science . o training created inferior homes, leading | | _ to juvenile delinquency and "a general | 28 z | lack of appreciation for quality," writes L : ) her biographer, Cheryl MacDonald. i » | Hoodless also founded the Women‘s Inâ€" J _ F | stitute, which has organized and educatâ€" Es * | _ ed women in rural Canada.for decades, ‘t | and helped establish the national YMâ€" ‘| 1 CA, the Victorian Order of Nurses, and / Z ; f . | National Councilof Women. | I 1 4 . A 7 \