Background
Janet was born into the Chisholm family from Woodstock, Ontario.
Janet was born into the Chisholm family from Woodstock, Ontario.
She was educated at the Hamilton Normal School, where she earned her teaching certificate and created the first Kindergarten program in the city. They had 5 children, Gordon, Alice, Hilda, Frank, and Marjorie. The group is internationally known as the Associated Country Women of the World.
Janet Lee is attributed with writing the original Women's Institute constitution on her dining room table, on February 25, 1897.
A primary school in Stoney Creek, Ontario was named for Janet Lee in 1987. The Lee family home, known as “Edgemont,” was converted into the Erland Lee Museum in 1972.
