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Emily J. Guest [3 e _W.1I. activist Hall of Fame nominee This year‘s FWIO nomination for _ PYOBNaM by organizing Women‘s Upon her return to Canada she induction to the Ontario Agricultural Institutes in association with Mrs. devoted the rest of her life to ; Hall of Fame, Miss Emily J. Guest, _ James Watt. Scotland was Miss writing, and to Women‘s Institute . was accepted. Miss Guest will ‘be â€" Guest‘s assignment. She spent her work in the Administrative Deâ€" inducted on Sunday, June 9, 1985 _ time lecturing and helping to orâ€" _ partment of the Parliament Buildâ€" at the Hall of Fame Gallery at the _ ganize Women‘s Rural Institutes. _ ings, Toronto. Miss Guest died in Ontarl.o Agrlculturql Museym, Milâ€" When Miss Guest returned to 1936. 2%710‘32105? That ?:%a tae;dwzlilllcgfe(;slz Canada in 1919 ghe was pressnted After her death the jewelled pin of all seven will be unveiled. If you with a special jewelled pin from was presented to the Birr Women‘s . are interested in attending the event, the I,\Iatlon'al Federation of Woâ€" Institutes to be worn by each please contact the museum by calling _ °C S Institutes. President in turn. (416) 878â€"8151 or writing P.O. Box : * 8. _E S . 38, Milton, L9T 2Y3. ® Her life. .. Miss Emily Guest was born on j a farm near Birr, on April 27, 1871 in Middlesex County. She atâ€" tended the University of Toronto and received her M.A. in 1901. She taught high school in Parkhill and Belleville in the early 1900‘s. She was impressed by the high ideals of Adelaide Hoodless, and being a lover of the country and country people, she could see a great future for rural women through the medium of the Woâ€" men‘s Institutes. She organized branches in Parkhill and Belleville as well as Birr. During this time she initiated medical inspection in schools in Middlesex County. In the oncoming years she visited every District in Ontario, and left her mark by her leadership in proâ€" gram planning. The First World War had a traumatic effect on Miss Guest. She volunteered her services to Great Britain, and upon her arâ€" rival there in 1916 was appointed the Canadian representative with the British Red Cross. In 1917 she was asked to join the staff of the Agricultural Organization Society to assist in the food conservation ‘ 24 | | |