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The Tomifobia Women's Institute was founded in 1919. Until 1920, it was called the Tomifobia Homemakers' Club. Like the other Women's Institutes, whose motto is 'For Home and Country', this one was concerned with family in rural regions. The Tomifobia Women's Institute was a member of the Stanstead County Women's Institutes, the Quebec Women's Institutes, and the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada. Delegates attended the annual meetings of these organizations. Locally, an elected board of directors worked with various committees (Agriculture, Canadian Industries, Child Welfare, Education, Home Economics, Immigration, Legislation, National Events, and Publicity) to organize monthly meetings and activities. The latter included lectures, school fairs, and fund raising events (food and card sales, suppers, etc.) in aid of the Canadian Red Cross Society, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Save the Children Fund, and local schools and hospitals. After 48 years of activity, the Tomifobia Women's Institute was disbanded in 1968.