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Excerpt from A History of Woman's Organized Missionary Work as Promoted by American Women
The history of organized missionary work as promoted by women in this country is the history of a disciplined army developed in place of volunteer pickets. There was a short and wavering picket line of women's societies which appeared in advance of the main column - at Boston in 1800, at New Haven in 1812, New York City, 1814; Norwich, Connecticut, 1816; Tall madge, Ohio, 1816; Derry, Pennsylvania, two years after; Phila delphia, 1823; Bedford, New York, 1831; Newark, New Jersey, 1835; Washington, Pennsylvania, the same year: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 1838; Rockford, Illinois, the same year; Sut ton, Vermont, 1847; Baltimore, Maryland. 1848. Some of these pioneers never lowered their colors but lived to cel ebrate their jubilee, and when the modern movement began they were the first to come forward with their old banners ?ying. Toconstitute the nuclei of the more comprehensive Woman's Boards. Early in the century, Cent Societies (sometimes pathetically named Female Cent Societies were general in New England and sporadic in the Middle States: one in N ew' London, Pennsylvania, as late as 1832 sent contributions to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The New Hampshire Cent Institution. Founded in 1804, is with us still. After 86 years it had contributed to Home Missions, besides accumulating a Fund of Nothing but the grit of the granite hills could have kept alive a society so loosely organized, having members in 105 churches only one officer. And never holding a meeting for 76 years. After 1812, Ladies' Associations multiplied, and, by 1839, 680 such were col leeting funds for the American Board of Foreign Missions.
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