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The 'Woman's Guild' was founded in 1887 by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on the initiative of A. H. Charteris.Charteris acknowledged woman were already involved in Christian service but that there "was a need to develop and organize them as an official working unity within the church."
Anne Hepburn (20 August 1925 – 29 July 2016) was a Church of Scotland missionary and a teacher, feminist and social justice advocate and wife and mother. She served as National President of the Church of Scotland's Women's Guild in the early 1980s, where she led the debate on the issue of the "Motherhood of God".
The 'Woman's Guild' was founded in 1887 by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on the initiative of her husband. Charteris acknowledged woman were already involved in Christian service but that there "was a need to develop and organize them as an official working unity within the church."
This organisation, which was founded in 1872, cared for the daughters of women who were in prison. [3] She then worked for the Mildmay Centre in London and then in Guernsey. [1] The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland's Woman's Guild had been founded in 1887 at the suggestion of A. H. Charteris. [4]
Women's Institute building in Llanfairpwll, Wales.Dating from 1915, this is the oldest WI in Britain. The WI movement began at Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, in 1897 when Adelaide Hoodless addressed a meeting for the wives of members of the Farmers' Institute.
Charteris was instrumental in the foundation of the Women's Guild in 1887, which underlined the role of women in the missions. They also acted as Biblewomen, reading scriptures, and in teaching Sunday schools. The Bible Training Institute for training lay evangelists was founded in 1892. [30]
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Co-operative Women's Guild (28 P) F. Feminist organisations in the United Kingdom (8 C, 62 P) L. ... Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage; H.