150 Years of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
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Title
150 Years of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Subject
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
women
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church,
United Methodist Church
United Methodist Women
Description
This online exhibition features highlights from the physical exhibition currently on display at the Boston University School of Theology Library. We celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, the founding of this mission organization supported the work of women in foreign lands beginning in 1869. Its members would later form Women's Society of Christian Service which gave birth to today's branches of the United Methodist Women organizations.
Creator
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
United Methodist Women
Source
United Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Publisher
Boston University School of Theology Library
Date
1869-2019
Contributor
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
New England Conference Commission on Archives and History
United Methodist Church
New England Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
New England Conference Commission on Archives and History
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Language
English
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Collection Items
In Memory of Mary E. Lunn.
In Memory of Mary E. Lunn, First Superintendent of the Deaconess Work in New England. Started in 1889
In Memory of Mrs. William Fairfield Warren
In Memory of Mrs. William Fairfield Warren. First Editor of "The Woman's Missionary Friend" (For twenty four years) 1869 - 1895
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Window Dedication Ceremony Program
The program used to celebrate the installation of the windows honoring the women of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society and their achievements.
Harriet Merrick Warren Diaries
From the New England Conference Commission Archives, Harriet Merrick Warren's diaries, open to pages for 23 March 1869 and 30 March 1869- meetings for the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
William Fairfield Warren Diary, March-April 1869.
From the William F. Warren Collection at Gottlieb Center Archives at Boston University, the diary of William F. Warren around the same time the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was launched. William Fairfield Warren, Rev. Issac Rich, and William…
"The Heathen Woman's Friend," volume 1 no.1
!["The Heathen Woman's Friend," volume 1 no.1](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/40957/archive/square_thumbnails/1255b3a94e929a8e55846929d75d10dd.jpg?Expires=1715212800&Signature=Ubujfy8Vs0sknuy%7EPDqMqeX24JfoSga%7ETxNO5DosbekCrhzi9dGvmX7TsDw%7EzOe%7Em%7EMzbOFJivFmpIPUSxUCN%7E3J2DdI-%7EMu2MgkoAKNHwTlmxazO8DtcE4KxLQNFh0lZ-9DxmpBZu%7EZaNR2zL0U45EX68RhoL812xCNEtHnP3LohRDTmDjc8pulm2BuxHKJ6Cqr3RJeT-acQglSP%7EYZsj9dw1Y0kLeTUkZFB6IjSrCeDmz189WvZTjayXmlYPjVSB4EFehzzCPjFBN8eGRRWcYTVn171VLcfd%7E25sT6C2vFw1goLh-50amX0elyBknjLKj%7ENPsU34qWJhpB5QV6MA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ""The Heathen Woman's Friend," volume 1 no.1")
Harriet M. Warren was the editor of "The Heathen Woman's Friend" (later renamed to the Missionary Woman's Friend). This is the cover of v.1, no.1 of that influential journal.