[1] Other founder-members included Rose Leon and Mary Morris Knibb.
[2] The federation drew on a legacy of pro-imperial white-dominated conservative women's associations, active in Jamaica from the late 19th century,[3] and on the Women's Institutes of Great Britain.
It attracted a large membership, including poor rural women:[3] by 1948 there were 30,000 members.
[1] Papers relating to the JFW's history are held at the National Library of Jamaica.
[4] "Today the JFW still represents a broad-based organization, with a wide network of rural branches, a leadership of elite, largely urban women, and a home-maker orientation".