First Lutheran Women's Organization, 1837
The earliest American Lutheran women’s organization was founded in New York in 1837....more

Diderikke Brandt Pastor' Wives Society
Diderikke Brandt organized women in Decorah, Iowa in the 1860’s to meet together and mend the clothing of the pre-ministerial students attending Luther College....more

Woman's Home and Foreign Mission Society funded in 1879
The earliest national American Lutheran women’s organization was the General Synod’s Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society, founded in 1879....more

English Language Mission in Freeport, IL 1881
First Lutheran Church in Freeport, Illinois, originally known as Women’s Memorial....more

"The Women's Synod"
First Lutheran Church of Los Angeles, California, founded 1887....more

Women's Missionary Society, 1911
The founding meeting of the General Council....more