Postcards: Gevaert – Type ID

National Federation of Women’s Institutes Harare (Salisbury) The Women’s Institute (WI), a community-based organisation for women, was founded in Ontario, Canada, by Adelaide Hoodless in 1897. It was based on the British concept of Women’s Guilds, created by Rev Archibald Charteris in 1887 and originally confined to the Church of Scotland. It later spread to other countries. Many WIs belong to the Associated Country…