Noted Canadian Women with a WI Background

• Judge Emily Murphy (Janey Canuck): first president of FWIC (1919-1921)
• Senator Martha Bielish from Alberta: FWIC President 1977-1979
• Irene (Mrs. Graham) Spry, Ottawa: Deputy President of the Associated Country World, from 1986-1992
• Madge Watt: President of the Associated Country Women of the World, 1933-1947
• Adelaide Hoodless:
• Co-founder of Women's Institutes
• Involved in formation of Victorian Order of Nurses, with Lady Aberdeen
• International Council of Women, Canadian President
• Involved in making Young Women's Christian Association a national organization
• Obtained funding for Macdonald Institute, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph Macdonald College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec.
• Laura Rose:
• lecturer on dairy farming at Ontario Agricultural
• College; first speaker from the Department of Agriculture; suggested motto "For Home and Country" and official WI badge