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ADELAIDE HOODLESS 1857-1910 Adelaide Hunter Hoodless was a woman of intelligence and education; but when her first baby died she felt that he might have lived if she had known more about how to take care of a baby. So, she led a campaign for clean milk in her city (Hamilton), and a crusade to have homemaking — Household Science — included in every girl's education in public school, with special courses available at colleges and universities. All of this was accomplished before her death at the age of fifty-two. Mrs. Hoodless also wanted homemaking education for women who were already mothers of young children. She spoke of this at a meeting of Ontario Farmers' Experimental Union; and Erland Lee, a young farmer of Stoney Creek, offered to organize a meeting of the women of his township, Saltfleet, if Mrs. Hoodless would speak to them. Following this meeting, the world's first Women's Institute was organized at Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, on February 19th, 1897. Its purpose: better homes and a better community life. For information about other commemorative spoons, write: S. Pearl Clark 66 Rosedene Avenue Hamilton Canada