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ORIGIN
The first Women's Institute was organized under the leadership of
Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless in Saltfleet Township, Wentworth County,
Ontario on February 19, 1897. This meeting went down in history as
an historic event, the birth of this organization of Country Women
which is now the largest in the world. The original Branch is now
known as the Stoney Creek Women's Institute.
The expressed desire was to acquire information, which would insure
greater efficiency on the part of the women in the rural sections in
those varied responsibilities resting upon them in the home, and as
citizens.
The first Branch in Alberta was formed at Lea Park in 1909. The first
Provincial Convention was held in Olds,,,, February 17 & 18, 1915.
Women's Institutes before 1915 were looked after by a
Superintendent appointed by the Department of Agriculture. On
March 20, 1929, all existing W. I.' s and Girls' Clubs were
incorporated by an Act of the Province of Alberta to be known as
" The Alberta Women's Institutes". The government felt we were
important enough to give A. W. I, their own act.
Today ( 2004) we no longer have the close scrutiny of the Department
of Agriculture, but we are accountable to them as we are still
attempting to obtain grants from the provincial coffers through the
department.
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Duties and Directives Handbook - 2004 |
| Subject | AWI, By-laws |
| Description | Policy and Procedures |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | AWI0811031 |
| Date | 2004 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
| Title | Page 5 |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | AWI Collection |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | ORIGIN The first Women's Institute was organized under the leadership of Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless in Saltfleet Township, Wentworth County, Ontario on February 19, 1897. This meeting went down in history as an historic event, the birth of this organization of Country Women which is now the largest in the world. The original Branch is now known as the Stoney Creek Women's Institute. The expressed desire was to acquire information, which would insure greater efficiency on the part of the women in the rural sections in those varied responsibilities resting upon them in the home, and as citizens. The first Branch in Alberta was formed at Lea Park in 1909. The first Provincial Convention was held in Olds,,,, February 17 & 18, 1915. Women's Institutes before 1915 were looked after by a Superintendent appointed by the Department of Agriculture. On March 20, 1929, all existing W. I.' s and Girls' Clubs were incorporated by an Act of the Province of Alberta to be known as " The Alberta Women's Institutes". The government felt we were important enough to give A. W. I, their own act. Today ( 2004) we no longer have the close scrutiny of the Department of Agriculture, but we are accountable to them as we are still attempting to obtain grants from the provincial coffers through the department. |
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