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“THE WILLOWS” ADELAIDE HUNTER HOO: 1857 - 1910 and Adelaide Hunter was born in this farm hous, here until she married John Hoodless in 189 | sek the ruary 19th, 1897 she organized at stoneY 26 that in 's first Women’s Institute. It was her their prob- this organization rural women could discus ndard of lems and work together to improve their $10 homemaking and citizenship. This move™ Mrs. Hoodless, a natural leader and forcef : introduced the teaching of domestic science into Ontario schools and obtained” °° Donald Institute at Gu The Homestead wa) Women’s Institutes of stored and furnishec Hunter Hoodless livec Institutes in Canada. building in 1979. The National Histori erected a plaque in Ju Hunter Hoodless an e sonenomrok 4 i jg inscription stands at the junction o} Hohe Bata za elf mile from the Homestead. the birthplace of Adelaide Hunter Cea easy 1910, who founded the Women’s Inst- tute, February 19, 1897, erected by the Women’s Insti- tutes of Brant County, unveiled her Her Excellency Lady Tweedsmuir, October 7, 1937+ When the Scottish Rural Institute members made a tour of rural Canada in 1939, @ flag: pole and flag were dedicated in the Adelaide Hoodless Memorial Park. The South Dumfries Township Council erected a plaque in 1958: “Birthplace of Adelaide Hoodless, Founder of Women’s Institutes”. This tribute to Mrs. Hoodless was placed on a plaque at the Homestead by the Ontario Archaeological and His- toric Sites board in 1959.