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In 1881, she married John Hoodless a business man from Hamilton, Ontario. To this union four children were born, the eldest, John Harold died at the age of 18 months from drinking impure milk. a knowledge and understanding of the problems of farm women which stimulated her to help homemakers whenever she could. Adelaide Hiunter was born February 27, 1858, the youngest of twelve children, and lived her early years right in this house. Her father died when she was an infant and the family had a serious economic struggle. Thus, in her early life, she gained During her brief life of 52 years, she founded or helped to found the Young Women's Christian Association; the Vic-- toria Order of Nurses; the National council of women; Macdonald Institute at Guelph; and the Women's Institutes Organization which has spread around the world embrac-- ing 30 countries. Across the seas in England, Ireland and Wales, in the Sceandinavian countries in Europe, in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Africa, the name and memory of Adelaide Hunter Hoodless is revered by more than seven million women. Today, we honour the memory of a wo-- man who will live on in spirit in homes throughout Canada and around the world. Her portrait hangs in the Archives at Ot-- tawa and in Macdonald College at Guelph. Across Canada from East to West, you may find copies of this portrait in the Tweeds-- muir histories which have been compiled by some 1500 Branches of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada. Copies grace the walls of Provincial Offices of the Women's Institutes and of the National Office in Ottawa. MRS. HAGGERTY, FWIC PRESIDENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO ADELAIDE HUNTER HOODLESS Her story taken from the Women's Institute newsletter of July, 1962, whose heading is on Page2. Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Page 3 In 1919, the Federated Women's Insti-- tutes of Canada was organized, and this organization is made up of Branches from all Provinces, with a membership of ap-- proximately 75,000 women. On February 25, 1910, Mrs. Hoodless dropped dead on the platform, during a meeting of the Federation of Women's Clubs while she was pleading with the wo-- men to establish a Course in Home Economics in some University. Her plea was not in vain for today we can see the results of her hard struggle for Technical Education for Women. She was a "Woman with a Vision." She saw what was right for the women of Can-- ada and set out to fight for it. She was a firm keliever that "no higher vocation has been or ever will be given to women than that of Homemaker and Citizen Builder." Out of her grief and self--reproach for the death of her son, for she felt that had she been better informed on child care the tragedy might have been avoided, she re-- solved to devote all her spare time to bet-- ter education for wives and mothers, to raising the standards of homemaking, with special attention to sanitation, nutri-- tion, and care of children. Out of this resolve, between 1893--1908, Mrs. Hoodless succeeded in having Domes-- tic Science Courses introduced in 32 cen-- tres operating under School Boards and other government organizations, in addi-- tion to private schools: in 1897 she assisted Lady Aberdeen in the formation of the Victorian Order of Nurses; and, greater than her other efforts, the Women's Insti-- tutes was born at Stoney Creek on Feb-- ruray 19th, 1897, which has affected wo-- men in a larger field, even to many coun-- tries. The real objective of the Women's Institutes was to raise the standards of homemaking. At her suggestion, the motto "For Home and Country" was adopted in Ontario and is used by thousands of Branches in many parts of the world.