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Mr. and Mrs. Erland Lee Honoured,Historical Plaque at Lee Homestead Dedicated In 1967 the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario in co-operation with the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario, paid tribute to the contribution made by Mr. and Mrs. Erland Lee to the founding of the Women's Institutes. Miss Marjorie Chisholm Lee and Mrs. Frank Lee, daughter and daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Erland Lee unveiled the plaque which has been erected in front of the Lee Homestead. Mrs. Russell Wise, chairman of the Lee Homestead Committee of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario presided for the ceremony. Mrs. Everett Small, F.W.I.O. president, presented a resume of the history of the founding of the Women's Institutes. The Honourable W. A. Stewart, Minister of Agriculture and Food in the Ontario Government paid tribute to the Women's Institute; and Mrs. J. R. Futcher,a former F.W.I.O. president, represented the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario. The inscription on the plaque is as follows: The world's first Women's Institute was organized at Squire's Hall, Stoney Creek, in 1897. Erland Lee, a founder of the Farmer's Institute, assisted by his wife, arranged the meeting. About 100 women from the Saltfleet Township district attended and were persuaded by Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless to form an organization of their own to improve their skills in the arts of homemaking and child care. Here, in the Lee home, Mr. Lee subsequently helped to draft the constitution of the new society. Mrs. E. D. Smith of Winona became the first president of the "Mother Institute." The Women's Institute movement has since become a world-wide organization. Erected by the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario.