The Erland Lee Home and the First Women's Institute
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This 19th-century farmhouse is the birthplace of the Women's Institutes (WI), an organization that played a vital role in thousands of small communities. Inspired by domestic science reformer Adelaide Hoodless, and supported by her husband Erland, Janet Lee drafted the constitution of the Stoney Creek Women's Institute here in 1897. From these roots emerged a movement that spread throughout Canada and the world. In meeting halls across the country, the WI brought women together to learn diverse skills and to promote civic reform, helping them break the grinding isolation of rural life.
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The City of Hamilton
At the Erland Lee Museum
at 552 Ridge Road just west of Dewitt Road
N 43 12.420 W 79 43.324
Recorded May 2018. Check current access before visiting.
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