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Women's Institute building in Llanfairpwll, Wales.Dating from 1915, this is the oldest WI in Britain. The WI movement began at Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, in 1897 when Adelaide Hoodless addressed a meeting for the wives of members of the Farmers' Institute.
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Alice Barnett, Southern District chairman, California Fed. of Women's Clubs, for Motion Pictures; local chairman of Motion Pictures; president of San Bernardino Women's Club [19] Annie Little Barry, Served for many years as State Parliamentarian of the California Fed. of Women's Clubs [19] Mary Lathrop Benton, Fed. of Women's Clubs [19]
Janet, her husband Erland Lee, and Adelaide Hoodless [2] are considered the co-founders of the first Women's Institute, presently a worldwide organization originally formed to promote the education of isolated rural women. The group is internationally known as the Associated Country Women of the World. Janet Lee is attributed with writing the ...
The Corn Exchange, also known as the Women's Institute Hall, is a commercial building in West Street in Rochford, Essex, England. The structure, which is now used by the local branch of the Women's Institute , is a Grade II listed building .
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The Erland Lee (Museum) Home is a National Historic Site of Canada located on the ridge of the Niagara Escarpment in Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Ontario.Originally a farmhouse belonging to Erland and Janet Lee, the museum is recognized as the birthplace of the first Women's Institute, an international organization formed in 1897 to promote the education of isolated rural women.
The original Women's Institute constitution was written on February 25, 1897, on the Lee's dining room table. Erland Lee's political and financial support of the women's group was crucial to its expansion and success, and may be the only reason why the organization was recognized by the Canadian government during a time when women were not ...