Canada • Canada Congregational Woman's Board of Missions - 1886 Coincidentally or providentially, the necessities of the
American Civil War called forth their sympathy, fortitude and endurance. They became conscious of their power to relieve distress and to comfort the sick. Thus there was developed an ability to cooperate successfully and to work collectively. When peace was restored, women were prepared to engage both at home and abroad. They also felt that they could work more effectually in connection with their several denominational boards of missions. • Female Missionary Society - 1818 • Free Baptist Woman's Missionary Society - 1873 • Woman's American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society - 1871 • Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church - 1870 :* Woman's Board of Foreign Missions - 1868 :* Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior - 1868 • Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Reformed Episcopal Church - 1889 • Women's Missionary Society of the United Lutheran Church in America • Women Teachers' Missionary Association ==References==