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Mrs. Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Adelaide Sophia Hunter was born on Feb. 27.1857 the 13th child of David and Jane Hunter, who lived on a farm near . Brant. County. Or. Sept. 15• 1881, Adelaide married John Hoodless and went to live in Hamilton. Their fourth child died at the age as a result of drinking contaminated milk. Adelaide startled to learn that many babies were dying, for the same reason embarked on a crusade which would affect the lives of millions of women everywhere. Mrs. Hoodless organized the first women's Institute on 1897 at Stoney Creek. The pioneer advocate of the teaching of Domestic Science in schools, she was active in the the MacDonald Institute at Guelph, MacDonald College at Bellevue and the National Council of Women. She died on the eve of her 52nd birthday, Feb.26th, 1909. The birthplace of Adelaide Hoodless is a historical site, purchased restored by the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario (FWIO). A cairn was erected in her memory by the Women's Institutes of Brant County and unveiled by Lacy Tweedmuir on Oct.2. 1937. Adelaide Hunter Hoodless was cited as a National Figure with an impressive unveiling of a plaque in her honor at the Homestead on June 2, 1962, by the National Historic Site Board.