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Manitoba Women’s Institute marks 80 years in WI history
The Manitoba Women’s Institute annual convention in Winnipeg April 30 to May 2 gathered about 200 delegates under the theme Women Achieve. Highlights included speeches by Dr Ruth Berry and Dr Michael Rachlis, reports from regional presidents, and a banquet with Mayor Bill Norrie in attendance. Attendees reflected on eight decades of WI and its ties to Home Economics now Human Ecology.
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Ethel Howard
Manitoba Women’s Institute
International Inn
Winnipeg
Women’s Institute
Manitoba
Alice McLaren
Clearwater
Gwen Parker
Associated Countrywomen of the World
Federated Women Institutes of Canada
Sue Hicks
Manitoba Health
Eleanor Menzies
Peggy Barker
Annie Juniper
Home Economics Society
Dorothy Gow
Birtle
Cardale
Marion Fulton
Joyce Johnson
Rivers
Edith Poole
Kemnay
Michael Rachlis
M.D
John Moss
Evergreen
Martin Samoiloff
Faculty of Science
University of Manitoba
Glen Findlay
Findlay
Bill Norrie
Ruth Berry
Faculty of
Human Ecology
Department of Home Economics
University
Broadway
Agricultural College
Fort Garry
Margaret Gardiner
Berry
Home Economists
W.I
Agriculture Education Committee
Westarc
Brandon
Norrie
Joyce
Jennifer Hillard
Consumers Association of Canada
Geddes
Birtle W.1