Policy and Procedures Manual - Update

              Family," " Cutting the Grocery Bill,""' " Uses of Electricity, " How to Beautify a Farm Home" 4 7to
•" History of Health Legislation in the Province."* These reports were done through " standing
commirrees" 4ythat were formed within each group, and reflected the interests of that group.
Besides these two methods, lecturers were made available, through either the Departments of
Agriculture or the University of Saskatchewan. When a speaker was contacted that would be of
interest to the community at '° a large, a hall was arranged for. and the community notified. The
women of the WI would then act hostesses for all. 3 1 Debating was also popular. Some of the
topics debated were: " Resolved that modern electrical appliances tend to make women lazy,"
" Resolved that the lot of the housekeeper is more interesting than that of the wage earners" or
"" Resolved that untidy, easy going, a good- natured woman makes a happier home that the ultra
clean crank." J _ The W'. I." s mandate to educate, extended beyond the groups membership, and into
the schools.
The rural schools were isolated, lacking electricity and running water with one teacher w
was expected to do everything33. The A. W. I. passed, and sent, to the Alberta government, a
"" Bossetti, " Rural Woman's University- 5' 103
4 7Bossetti, " Rural Woman's University" 104
* Ibid 105
•" Ibid. 102
" Ibid. 102
5 5" Miss J. McMillan Outlines Extension Work In Alberta"; N. A( title); N. A.( date);
N. A. ( page)
"" Instimtes Work for Home and Country"; Calgary Daily Herald; May 1930; P 29
5 3Sheehan, " Women's Organizations and Educational Issues, 1900- 1930," 91
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