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Zenana missions was the strongest feature of this society's labors from the beginning. In Calcutta, it was known as "The American Doremus Zenana Mission". It included the superintendent (always one of the missionary women); 16 missionaries; 55 native teachers; zenana pupils, 1,000; schools, 50; suburban schools, in Kanpur, 12; and Entally, two.
In the Vanguard of a Race, L. H. Hammond (Council of Women for Home Missions and Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, New York, 1922) Of One Blood: a Short Study of the Race Problem, Robert E. Speer (Council of Women for Home Missions and Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, New York, 1924)
The White Rose Mission (also known as the White Rose Home for Colored Working Girls and the White Rose Industrial Association) was created on February 11, 1897, as a "Christian, nonsectarian Home for Colored Girls and Women" by African American civic leaders Victoria Earle Matthews (1861–1907) and Maritcha Remond Lyons (1848–1929).
In 1985, New Hope was created for the publication of products designed to reach a wider audience. In 1995, more changes were made to the WMU organizations and magazine publications. Baptist Women and Baptist Young Women were included in a new organization called Women on Mission. At this time, Royal Service magazine was replaced by Missions Mosaic.
Sisters belonging to Missionaries of Charity in their attire of traditional white sari with blue border.. The Missionaries of Charity (Latin: Congregatio Missionariarum a Caritate) is a Catholic centralised religious institute of consecrated life of Pontifical Right for women [3] established in 1950 by Mother Teresa, now known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.
They also felt that they could work more effectually in connection with their several denominational boards of missions. [3] Some notable women's missionary societies included: American Zenana Mission - 1864 [3] Christian Woman's Board of Missions - 1874; Council of Women for Home Missions - 1908 [5] Female Missionary Society - c. 1818 [6]
The Maryknoll Sisters was founded in 1912 for women who wanted to enter religious life and maintain the Maryknoll Missioner's charism. [6] The Maryknoll Lay Missioners, often shortened to MKLM, began as a collaborative ministry between the Fathers and Brothers and the Sisters in 1974. MKLM became its own organization within the Maryknoll family ...
The American Baptist Home Mission Society is a Christian missionary society. Its main predecessor the Home Mission Society was established in New York City in 1832 to operate in the American frontier, with the stated mission "to preach the Gospel, establish churches and give support and ministry to the unchurched and destitute."