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Council of Women for Home Missions
An influential early 20th-century ecumenical group, this organization brought together women’s missionary societies to study social issues and support home mission work across the United States. Its publications reflected a growing concern with migrant communities, Indigenous peoples, labor, and Christian cooperation.
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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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Founded in 1908, the Council of Women for Home Missions was an American federation of women’s missionary societies rather than a single individual author. It is remembered as one of the country’s early national ecumenical agencies, created to coordinate home mission study, conferences, and cooperation among Protestant women’s groups.
Over time, its work expanded beyond study materials to include engagement with immigrant and migrant communities, Indigenous peoples, social welfare, and public advocacy. In 1941, it became part of the larger movement that formed the United Council of Church Women, linking its legacy to a broader national ecumenical effort.
Because this is an organization, not a person, a true author portrait may not be available. The sources reviewed did not provide a clear, suitable portrait image of the Council itself, so no profile image is included.