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Last
Updated: August 4, 2009 |
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History of the
Organization
The idea to form a national group was first
considered in 1912. In 1914, however, when the war began the idea was
abandoned. At the war's end, it was Miss Mary MacIssac, Superintendent of
Alberta Women's Institute, who revived the idea. She realized the importance of
organizing the rural women of Canada so they might speak as one voice for
needed reforms, and the value of co-ordinating provincial groups for a more
consistent organization. In February 1919, representatives of the provinces met
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to form the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada.
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Adelaide Hoodless
Homestead - The Willows |

A draw for the quilt will take place at the FWIC Convention
in Charlottetown, PEI on June 20,2009. |

On July 8, 2007 the FWIC National Board
Directors visited the Homestead. |

In the dining room from left to right are Joan MacNeill,
Ellen Simpson, Marie Kenny, Sheila Needham, Heather Dixon, Ruth Blenkhorn, Valerie Watt, Joan Griffith,and Mary Derbyshire. |
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In the parlor is
Elsie Stephenson,
FWIO Executive Officer. |
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