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The Women's Institute (WI) is a community-based organization for women in the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand.The movement was founded in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, by Erland and Janet Lee with Adelaide Hoodless being the first speaker in 1897.
A Tradition of Their Own: Or, If a Woman Can Now Be President of Harvard, Why Do We Still Need Women’s Colleges?. Harwarth, Irene B. "A Closer Look at Women's Colleges." National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, 1999.
Former member of the Board of the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER). [ 3 ] 10 August 2015 – Washington, DC – Phyllis Borzi, Department of Labor Assistant Secretary for the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), delivers opening remarks at the Conflict of Interest (COI) public hearing.
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Adelaide Sophia Hoodless (née Addie Hunter; February 27, 1858 – February 26, 1910) was a Canadian educational reformer who founded the international women's organization known as the Women's Institute. She was the second president of the Hamilton, Ontario Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), holding the position from 1890 to 1902. [2]
Federated Women's Institutes of Canada; Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario; Fédération des femmes du Québec, founded 1966; Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire; Junior League; Lesbian Organization of Toronto; Local Council of Women of Halifax; National Action Committee on the Status of Women, founded 1971; National Council of Women of ...
Around 1 in 4 working women (26 percent) were not contributing to their retirement in 2022 or 2023, as of August 2023. Among working women saving for retirement, nearly 30 percent don’t know how ...
In 1992, Burk became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP). [3] She authored Cult of Power: Sex Discrimination in Corporate America and What Can Be Done About It, published by Scribner in 2005, and more recently Your Money and Your Life: The High Stakes for Women Voters in '08 and Beyond (2008), followed by five editions (2012-2020) of Your Voice, Your Vote: The ...