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HISTORY SUPPLEMENT OF THE ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
MRS. MARION ALEXANDER
IV/ Jrs. Marion Alexander came to
Alberta from Montana State as
a little girl.
Her parents homesteaded in the
Carmangay area, where she attended
Institute meetings with her
Mother — they were considered a
way of life. Her Mother, Mrs. R. E.
Reynolds later served as Director of
District 4.
Mrs. Gordon Ridley of Taber organized
the Lethbridge Northern
Busy Bees Girls' Club in 1932 and
Marion was a Charter Member. In
1934 she married Carl Alexander of
Picture Butte where she joined the
Battersea W. I.
The Alexanders moved to
Cayley in 1945 and she became the
President of the newly organized
branch there. Mrs. Alexander has
held many offices on branch and constituency levels, and was Director
at two different times before she was elected Vice President and
then President. She served four years in each capacity. Mrs. Alexander
competed her term as President immediately before the start
of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada Convention which
was held in Banff, June 1973. She acted as hostess for this import ant
Convention.
She has served as Member- at- Large, Junior and Senior Board
member for Alberta and is now serving as Director- at- Large of the
F. W. I. C. She has a son and three married daughters and a proud
grandmother of six. Widowed, she still lives on her farm at Cayley,
where she is active in church and community.
She is a Director of Rural Education Development Association
and the Alberta Association of Continuing Education. She has
travelled extensively in North America, Europe as well as Australia
and New Zealand.
In 1975 she was the winner of the Grace E. Frysinger Fellowship.
This award is given by the Woman's National Farm and Garden
Association of the United States. She will represent rural Canadian
women as she travels and speaks to groups in eleven states for a six
week period. This is an educational goodwill project.
In a copy of a High School Magazine, " World Affairs", the author
said: " The Editor of World Affairs sets an impossible task when he
refers to current concern about urban problems, pollution, international
strife and other great questions and then asks for an article
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Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | History Supplement of the Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Subject | AWI, History |
| Description | History Supplement 1956-1975 |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | AWI0811034 |
| Date | 1975 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
| Title | Page 32 |
| 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 | HISTORY SUPPLEMENT OF THE ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MRS. MARION ALEXANDER IV/ Jrs. Marion Alexander came to Alberta from Montana State as a little girl. Her parents homesteaded in the Carmangay area, where she attended Institute meetings with her Mother — they were considered a way of life. Her Mother, Mrs. R. E. Reynolds later served as Director of District 4. Mrs. Gordon Ridley of Taber organized the Lethbridge Northern Busy Bees Girls' Club in 1932 and Marion was a Charter Member. In 1934 she married Carl Alexander of Picture Butte where she joined the Battersea W. I. The Alexanders moved to Cayley in 1945 and she became the President of the newly organized branch there. Mrs. Alexander has held many offices on branch and constituency levels, and was Director at two different times before she was elected Vice President and then President. She served four years in each capacity. Mrs. Alexander competed her term as President immediately before the start of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada Convention which was held in Banff, June 1973. She acted as hostess for this import ant Convention. She has served as Member- at- Large, Junior and Senior Board member for Alberta and is now serving as Director- at- Large of the F. W. I. C. She has a son and three married daughters and a proud grandmother of six. Widowed, she still lives on her farm at Cayley, where she is active in church and community. She is a Director of Rural Education Development Association and the Alberta Association of Continuing Education. She has travelled extensively in North America, Europe as well as Australia and New Zealand. In 1975 she was the winner of the Grace E. Frysinger Fellowship. This award is given by the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association of the United States. She will represent rural Canadian women as she travels and speaks to groups in eleven states for a six week period. This is an educational goodwill project. In a copy of a High School Magazine, " World Affairs", the author said: " The Editor of World Affairs sets an impossible task when he refers to current concern about urban problems, pollution, international strife and other great questions and then asks for an article 31 |
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