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Women鈥檚 Institute, Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll

Here is a page from the Minute-book of the Women鈥檚 Institute Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, September 1915.

The origins of the Women鈥檚 Institute can be traced back to Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada in 1897. The aim of the Canadian movement was to support women from isolated communities by giving them training in home economics, child care, and farming. The First British WI was started in Llanfair PG, Anglesey on September 16^th, 1915. The main purpose of the British movement was to help with the war effort, specifically in teaching women how to grow and preserve food.

This manuscript will be on display in the Vice-Chancellor鈥檚 corridor from the 8^th until the 31^st of March as part of the 鈥淓mpowering Women in Times of Austerity鈥� exhibition.

This exhibition is a celebration of 20 years of the Women鈥檚 Studies MA at 黑料不打烊. The exhibition consists of archival material held at 黑料不打烊, which recognises the work of local movements and societies that have empowered women in times of austerity in the past. Themes of suffrage, education and the war, which were significant in empowering women, are all represented. By drawing attention to the remarkable collections relating to women held at 黑料不打烊 Archives, it is hoped that students today, on the Women鈥檚 Studies course, will identify research projects for the future.

The are responsible for the care and storage of the early College Records as well as our Archives Collections and General Collection of 黑料不打烊 Manuscripts. All of these manuscript collections are bound by one common factor, their relevance to the history, people and topography of North Wales. However, their subject areas are wide ranging and are of national as well as local historical interest.

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Publication date: 1 March 2014