Colonial Women Missionaries of the Committee for Women's Work, 1861-1967 - Volumes
Volumes
4 volumes in Colonial Women Missionaries of the Committee for Women's Work, 1861-1967
Ladies' Association for the Promotion of Female Education...1861 - 1895
The emphasis in both the minute books and the letter books, is very much upon the progress of establishing Christian schools in Africa, India, Burma, China, and Japan. Details include how many students have been recruited, how the teachers' health is coping with the foreign climate, teacher shortages, supply shortages and requests for money. The numerous requests for money contrast rather starkly with the Association's financial situation; increasing costs abroad... Read more →
Womens' Missionary Association, circa 1895-1904
These items retain their focus on the missionaries' principle project: the maintenance and growth of mission schools around the world. The picture of finances over this period is more sustainable than during previous years and rules intended to protect female staff are introduced. The missionaries have some concerns about a potential food shortage following the cessation of slavery in Madagascar. This group of missionaries also report that they are making... Read more →
SPG Committee for Womens' Work, 1904 - 1967
The main focus of these records is the discussion of either candidates or prospective candidates, regarding their competance and whether their progress as a missionary should be supported or stopped. Descriptions vary in length from one line in a report to a full-page analysis. The letterbooks in this group usually contain indexes to the letters arranged by author. Details of how funds, including block grants, are disposed of are included... Read more →
Miscellaneous Items, 1866 - 1960
These documents feature discussion on the subject of the Women's Missionary Association joining the SPG as a subsidiary of it. Other developments include the proposal that marriage should no longer be a barrier to a woman becoming a missionary, and some of the missionaries asking for permission to ease their loneliness by visiting each other. The literature committee discusses the printing of publicity leaflets, as actual books to read are... Read more →
