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Council of Women for Home Missions
Founded in the early 20th century, this American ecumenical group brought women’s missionary societies together to study, publish, and work on social issues across the United States. Its story opens a window onto reform-minded religious networks, immigrant communities, and women’s organizing in a changing nation.
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Ports of Entry: Missionary Herald
by Home Missions Council (U.S.), Council of Women for Home Missions
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The Council of Women for Home Missions was an American federated organization of women’s missionary societies established in 1908. It is described by reliable reference sources as one of the country’s early national ecumenical agencies, created to coordinate Protestant women’s work in home missions.
Its efforts began with home mission conferences and study books, then expanded into a wider range of projects. Sources note work connected with migrant communities, Indigenous peoples, legislative concerns, and the World Day of Prayer, showing how the council linked religious education with practical social action.
For readers, the council is most interesting as a collective author and sponsoring body rather than as a single writer. Publications associated with it reflect the concerns of churchwomen in the early 1900s and offer a useful glimpse into the era’s missionary thought, reform movements, and community outreach.