Federated Women's Institutes of Canada

The Federated Women's Institutes of Canada is an umbrella organization for Women's Institutes in Canada.

"The idea to form a national group was first considered in 1912.

At the war's end, it was Miss Mary MacIssac, Superintendent of Alberta Women's Institute, who revived the idea.

She realized the importance of organizing the rural women of Canada so they might speak as one voice for needed reforms, and the value of co-ordinating provincial groups for a more consistent organization.

In February 1919, representatives of the provinces met in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to form the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada."