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Women’s Institutes of Vaughan

by cityofvaughan

The Women’s Institute, now a global organization, was founded by Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless (née Hunter) in 1897, with the goal to build a better nation by building better homes. The primary ambition of the organization was to educate girls and women of an Anglo-Settler background about sanitation, economics, hygiene, the value of food and fuel, and the more scientific care of children. These groups were responsible for carrying out charitable projects and compiling local histories of their communities, known as “Tweedsmuir Histories.”
Exhibit and photographs courtesy of the Enterprise Information Services unit, Office of the City Clerk, City of Vaughan.

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Scan of Burwick Women's Institute Meeting Programme with a speaker from the Navy League, 1943-44, MG 15

Photograph of Burwick Women's Institute Tweedsmuir Committee, 1967, MG 10

Photograph of Burwick Women's Institute 50th Anniversary, 1975, MG 15

Photograph of Edgeley Women’s Institute Fonds, n.d., MG 17

Photograph of Locke Family Barn Raising from the Edgeley Women’s Institute Tweedsmuir History, 1911, MG 17

Photograph of Edgeley Post Office, ca. 1900, from the Edgeley Tweedsmuir History, MG 17

Photograph of Elder’s Mills Women Institute 25th Anniversary, 1974, MG 22

Photograph of Early Method of Stump Pulling, with Peter Aitchison standing on tripod, n.d., MG 22

Photograph of Burwick Women’s Institute entertaining the Elder’s Mills Branch at a Luncheon, 1982, MG 10

Photograph of the Watson Family from the Kleinburg Women’s Institute Fonds, n.d., M012.13

Photograph of Pte. Leon Joseph Coward of Kleinburg on the bridge while Sir Arthur William Currie salutes the 2nd Canadian Division along the Rhine at Bonn, Germany, n.d., M988.7

Photograph of Kleinburg Public Library, n.d., RG 14

Photograph of F. Thomas, First Secretary of Maple Women’s Institute, MG 21

Photograph of Jane Rumble, First President of Maple Women’s Institute, n.d., MG 21

Photograph of Maple Women's Institute Members, 1984, MG 21

Scan of Newspaper Article Thornhill Women’s Institute celebrating its 60th Anniversary, n.d., MG 35

Photograph of Marion Orr, n.d., from Thornhill Tweedsmuir History, MG 35

Photograph of Thornhill Women’s Institute fonds, n.d., MG 35

Photograph of Vellore School and Vaughan Township Hall, ca. 1880, M992.15

Photograph of Vellore W.I. Programmes, n.d., MG 1

Photograph of the Vellore Women’s Institute Fonds, n.d., MG 1

Photograph of York West District Tweedsmuir Committee, 1966, MG 10

Photograph of Martha Ann Duncan, n.d., MG 30

Photograph of York West District, Elder’s Mills and Burwick Women's Institutes, 1956, MG 10