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The sixteen women entered the room in the 

 "Y" as sixteen unorganized individuals; they 

 left it an embryo association. Not only were 

 they inspired by the message to appoint officers, 

 but they drew up a provisional charter also. 

 With Mrs. G. A. Brodie of Newmarket as 

 Provisional President, and Miss Emma Griesbach 

 of Collingwood as Secretary, those present were 

 constituted a standing committee, and went 

 forth determined by all means at their command 

 to arouse interest and to spread information as 

 to the aim and purpose of organizing, which in 

 general terms might be stated as the strengthen- 

 ing of the U.F.O. The U.F.W.O. was now 

 "off to a start." 



But these devoted women had undertaken a 

 large order. While they had the constant and 

 sympathetic encouragement of Mr. Morrison, 

 the U.F.O. as a whole was not yet seized of their 

 importance, and consequently the support of 

 the men was still largely passive. Interest had 

 to be awakened. Perhaps one of the most seri- 

 ous handicaps under which the women labored 

 was lack of experience. In the palmy days of 

 the Grange, women had been admitted to 

 membership in that institution, and even one or 

 two subordinate offices were allocated to women. 

 Miss Hattie Robinson is known and remember- 

 ed by many of the passing generation for her 



