Erland Lee Museum Women’s History VisitList
The Women’s Institutes has been a champion for women’s rights since 1897 across Ontario! Join us as we explore our sister sites across the province where women’s history is celebrated.
Start your day at the Erland Lee Museum Home in Stoney Creek, birthplace of the Women’s Institutes. Discover the childhood home of Adelaide Hunter Hoodless at the Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead in St. George. See the results of Sara Calder’s hard work towards historical preservation at Battlefield House Museum & Park in Hamilton. And walk the road from Cobourg to Hollywood at the Marie Dressler Museum in Cobourg.
Places
Erland Lee (Museum) Home
Hamilton, Ontario
1808 homestead of the Lee family for over 160 years. Birth place of the W. I.
Battlefield House Museum & Park National Historic Site
Hamilton, Ontario
Experience a guided tour of this early 19th century homestead once home to the Gage family...
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