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Edmonton. Mrs. Rogers was born i n Ontario of - Lrish- Scottish
parentage. She received her early education i n Saugeen and
Toronto. After graduating from Harbord Collegiate and normal
School i n Toronto, she taught school i n Singhampton, Wellesley,
and G- alt, Ontario.
In 1904 she became a member of the Women's Institute
at Wellesley, Ontario and she has been active i n the organization
since that time. In 1910 she married Arthur H. Rogers
and they made t h e i r f i r s t home i n Saskatchewan where, i n 1911,
Mrs. Rogers became the f i r s t president of the P r a i r i e Plower
Homemaker's Club at Lajord, Saskatchewan. The family then moved
to Port Saskatchewan, Alberta, where Mr. Rogers was manager of
the Canadian Bank of Commerce.
In 1915 Mrs. Rogers became, the f i r s t secretary of the
Port Saskatchewan V/. I. The next year she was elected Director
of D i s t r i c t Number 2, and then i n 1917 she was elected secretary-
treasurer of the P r o v i n c i a l body. To this position she was
re- elected each year u n t i l she r e t i r e d i n 1927 and became Director
of D i s t r i c t 2 again f o r a two- year term. Mrs. Rogers has
a marvellous memory f o r names and faces and can r e c o l l e c t people
and connect them with an i n s t i t u t e instantly.
Along with her work i n Alberta, Mrs. Rogers became the
Corresponding Secretary f o r the Federated Women's I n s t i t u t e of
Canada and then Recording Secretary from 1923 to 1935 when she
r e t i r e d and was made a l i f e member and Honorary President of the
Federated Women's Institutes of Canada.
Mrs. Rogers' keen mind kept the Council of the Alberta
Women's Institutes at an even keel for i t was her foresight and
long range vision that could charter the course through the
troublesome times of f i n a n c i a l re- adjustment and planning to keep
the organization solvent especially when the Alberta Women's Ins
t i t u t e s were " divorced" from the Department of Agriculture.
It was also i n 1919 that Mrs. Rogers became the Secre-
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| Transcript | Edmonton. Mrs. Rogers was born i n Ontario of - Lrish- Scottish parentage. She received her early education i n Saugeen and Toronto. After graduating from Harbord Collegiate and normal School i n Toronto, she taught school i n Singhampton, Wellesley, and G- alt, Ontario. In 1904 she became a member of the Women's Institute at Wellesley, Ontario and she has been active i n the organization since that time. In 1910 she married Arthur H. Rogers and they made t h e i r f i r s t home i n Saskatchewan where, i n 1911, Mrs. Rogers became the f i r s t president of the P r a i r i e Plower Homemaker's Club at Lajord, Saskatchewan. The family then moved to Port Saskatchewan, Alberta, where Mr. Rogers was manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. In 1915 Mrs. Rogers became, the f i r s t secretary of the Port Saskatchewan V/. I. The next year she was elected Director of D i s t r i c t Number 2, and then i n 1917 she was elected secretary- treasurer of the P r o v i n c i a l body. To this position she was re- elected each year u n t i l she r e t i r e d i n 1927 and became Director of D i s t r i c t 2 again f o r a two- year term. Mrs. Rogers has a marvellous memory f o r names and faces and can r e c o l l e c t people and connect them with an i n s t i t u t e instantly. Along with her work i n Alberta, Mrs. Rogers became the Corresponding Secretary f o r the Federated Women's I n s t i t u t e of Canada and then Recording Secretary from 1923 to 1935 when she r e t i r e d and was made a l i f e member and Honorary President of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada. Mrs. Rogers' keen mind kept the Council of the Alberta Women's Institutes at an even keel for i t was her foresight and long range vision that could charter the course through the troublesome times of f i n a n c i a l re- adjustment and planning to keep the organization solvent especially when the Alberta Women's Ins t i t u t e s were " divorced" from the Department of Agriculture. It was also i n 1919 that Mrs. Rogers became the Secre- |
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