article_snippet: The first WI meeting in the UK was held in Anglesey, north Wales, on September 16, 1915 as a way to encourage women to become more involved in producing food during the First World War.
article_snippet: Members of the WI set up Members of Malton WI market stall in the 1940s .
article_snippet: A the WI working party making fur coats from rabbit skins for the people of Russia in 1944 .
article_snippet: Spindle-spinning wool gathered from the hedges in East Kent during the Second World War . '
highlights_snippet: The WI set up to encourage food production during First World War .
  