History Supplement of the Alberta Women's Institutes

              HISTORY SUPPLEMENT OF THE ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
address to a Graduation Class. The foregoing are just random exam­ples
and bear evidence that she is respected by youth and the aged as
well as her own peers.
Mrs. Bielish is a member of many organizations, but she claims
that she received most of her leadership training and the encour­agement
to become involved through the Alberta Women's Institute.
She has served the Alberta Women's Institute in most of the offices,
including four years as Provincial President. As President, she led
the Alberta Women's Institute delegation to two conferences of the
Associated Country Women of the World in Dublin, Ireland in 1965
and Lansing, Michigan in 1968. She attended the Oslo, Norway Con­ference
in 1971 as voting delegate of the Federated Women's Insti­tutes
of Canada. In June 1973, Alberta Women's Institutes hosted
the National Convention in Banff, Alberta at which time Mrs.
Bielish was on the Committee in charge of Convention arrange­ments.
She was elected 2nd Vice President of the Federated Women's
Institutes of Canada and was a voting delegate to the 14th Triennial
Conference of the Associated Country Women of the World held in
Perth, Australia in 1974.
Because of her interest in and involvement with Native People
she was nominated to the Northern Canada Women's Institute
Committee. As a member of this Committee, she visited groups in
Inuvik and Yellowknife and met with Commissioner S. Hodgson and
members of the Adult Education Department. Mrs. Bielish has been
appointed Chairman of the Northern Canada Women's Institute
Committee at the F. W. I. C. Board meeting following the Convention.
As President of the Alberta Women's Institutes, she succeeded
in arranging the attendance of approximately twenty Native Al­berta
Women at the 1967 Convention of the Alberta Women's Insti­tutes
and also arranged the attendance of two Native Women at the
World Conference in Lansing, Michigan. Under the sponsorship of
A. W. I, the Native Women were given Observer Status. One of the
Native Women attended the Conference in Oslo at her own initia­tive,
but travelled with the Alberta group.
At present Martha is serving on the Advisory Board on Adjust­ment
of Immigrants to Canada Manpower and Immigration Council,
selected as a member of a National Women's Organization.
TERM OF OFFICE 1965- 1969
To record the work of the Alberta Women's Institutes for the
years 1965- 1969 proves to be a more formidable task than performing
the actual duties and accepting the responsibilities of the presidency
had ever been. What does one select to include, and what, because of
limited space does one merely mention or leave out altogether?
Please remember that when I mention A. W. I., F. W. I. C. or ACWW,
you are included by virtue of being a member of your branch. Now
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