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Home Missions and Administrations

Karoline Kjolhede, President of Danish Women's Mission Society
Karoline Brandt Kjolhede came to America to marry the Rev. Peder Kjolhede....more

Helen C. Frost, Missionary in Alaska
Helen C. Frost served as missionary to the Eskimos in Alaska from 1926 to 1961....more

Ruth Youngdahl Nelson, Church Woman of the Year
Ruth Youngdahl Nelson is the picture of the grandmother everyone could love....more

Dorothy Marple, LWF, Geneva, Switzerland
Dorothy Marple began her career in 1953 as dean of women at Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania....more

Selma I. Mayer, Women in Action for Mission
Selma I. Mayer epitomizes the efforts of women in the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC)....more

Dr. Kathryn Baerwald, First Woman General Secretary (Vice President in ELCA)
The newly elected Dr. Kathryn Baerwald and the Rev. Dr. David Preus have their photo taken....more

First Officers of Newly Formed ELCA
The first officers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America....more
 
     

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