Affiliated Organizations
The Alberta Women's Institutes is a provincial instance of the national organization, the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada, which was founded In 1919 on the instigation of Mary MacIsaac, who had been employed by the Alberta Government as Superintendent of the Alberta Women's Institutes. The FWIC's first president was Emily Murphy, a women's activist from Alberta.
The international organization for all WIs around the world is the Associated Countrywomen of the World. It was founded in 1933 as a result of the efforts of Margaret Watt, who had taken the WI concept from Canada to the UK during WWI. Mrs. Watt became the first president of the ACWW.
Women's Institutes
Canada:
Federated Women's Institutes of Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador Women's Institutes
Federated Women's Institute of PEI
Women's Institutes of Nova Scotia
New Brunswick Women's Institutes
Quebec Women's Institutes
https://www.facebook.com/QuebecWomensInstitute/
Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario
Manitoba Women's Institute
Saskatchewan Women's Institute
https://www.facebook.com/SaskWI/
Alberta Women's Institutes
https://www.facebook.com/Alberta-Womens-Institutes-145168805530171/
British Columbia Women's Institute
International Organizations
United Kingdom:
National Federation of Women’s Institutes
http://www.womens-institute.co.uk/
The Associated Country Women of the World
UK Headquarters
http://www.acww.org.uk/index.html
The New Zealand Federation of Women’s Institutes
Country Women’s Association of Australia
Scottish Women’s Institutes
Irish Countrywomen’s Association