Colonial Women Missionaries of the Committee for Women's Work, 1861-1967 - Key Data

The United Society Partners in Gospel (USPG) is a UK-based Anglican missionary organisation that operates globally. From the eighteenth to the early twentieth century the USPG went by the name of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG).

In 1866 the SPG established a semi-autonomous body, the Ladies' Association for the Promotion of Female Education in India and other Heathen Countries. In 1895 this became the Womens' Missionary Association for the Promotion of Female Education in the Missions of the SPG. The SPG later established a Committee for Women's Work in 1904.

These organisations gave women the opportunity to train and work as missionaries, at a time when female education was highly restricted and controversial. The missionaries largely focused on educating and converting women to Christianity, although they did teach and convert others too. This collection includes documents from these organisations, including minutes of main and sub-committees, candidates' books, letters received and sent, and reports.