Adelaide Hunter Hoodless

Born in Ontario, Adelaide Hoodless sought to release the full potential of women for social action. An outspoken educator and social reformer, she successfully pressed for acceptance of domestic economy as a subject for study in Canadian schools, and was largely responsible for founding the Institutes of Household Science at Guelph, Ste. Anne de Bellevue and Toronto. Active in forming the Young Women’s Christian Association, the National Council of Women, and the Federated Women’s Institute, she also aided in establishing the Victorian Order of Nurses. She died in Toronto.

Originaire de l’Ontario, Adelaide Hoodless employa toute sa vie à promouvoir l’action sociale féminine. Éducatrice et réformatrice, elle réussit à faire enseigner l’économie domestique dans les écoles canadiennes et on lui doit la fondation des instituts d’arts ménagers de Guelph, de Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue et de Toronto. Elle participa à la création de la Young Women’s Christian Association, du Conseil national des femmes du Canada, du Federated Women’s Institute et aida à la mise sur pied du Victorian Order of Nurses. Elle mourut à Toronto.