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Women's Institute Branch
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Ontario. Women's Institute Branch and Home Economics Service
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The Women's Institute Branch was created in the Ontario Department of Agriculture around 1922, when the former Institutes Branch gradually came to be known as the Women's Institutes Branch. The branch was headed by the Superintendent of Women's Institutes.
In 1946, it became known as the Women's Institute Branch and Home Economics Service. On April 1, 1956 the branch ceased to exist and its functions were assumed by the Extension Branch. Within the Extension Branch, the Home Economics Service continued to operate, it later became known as a branch.
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The Women's Institute Branch was responsible for promoting the activities of women's institutes in Ontario, and offered courses in home economics in conjunction with the institutes. Areas of study included clothing, health, home management, nutrition, etc. The branch also assisted with 4-H Council's Homemaker Clubs, and published a magazine called "Home and country".
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture, 1910-1956
Hazel I. MacTaggart, Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1901-1955.
Reports of the Women's Institutes of the Province of Ontario, Ontario Department of Agriculture, 1906-1930.
Maintenance notes
Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24. The first mention I was able to find of the term "Women's Institutes Branch" was in the report of the Women's Institutes for Ontario from 1922.
Archivist(s):
Paul McIlroy