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First Women Missionaries

Dr. Anna Sarah Kugler, Missionary in India
Dr. Anna Sarah Kugler was the first of several women doctors sent as medical missionaries to India in 1883....more
Dr. Anna Sarah Kugler at Bible Study
Dr. Anna Kugler is shown at the dispensary taking a break from her medical work....more
Bible Translated in 1913
In a letter dated May 16, 1924, Rajah of Ellore wrote the following to Dr. Kugler....more
Dr. Betty Nilsson, Missionary in India
Medical missionary, Dr. Betty Nilsson was the first doctor sent to a mission field by the Augustana Lutheran Church....more
Thanks-Offering Box 1911-1918
Photograph of an early thank-offering box of the General Council Women’s Missionary Society....more
Maud Powlas, Missionary in Japan
Maud O. Powlas was the founder and developer of Jiai-en, the Lutheran Colony of Mercy, in Kumamoto, Japan....more
Collection Box for Kindergarten in Japan
Women’s Missionary Society Light Brigade collection box....more
Maud Powlas Receives Honors in Japan
Maud O. Powlas meeting with an interdenominational women’s group....more
 
     

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