1915-03-Improvement Era-Lady missionaries of the Eastern States Mission

Improvement Era, v18 n5, March 1915, p. 457.

"Lady missionaries of the Eastern States Mission: Back row, left to right: Janette McNeil, Edna Crowther, Minnie, C. Poulson, Gertrude Phelps, Alta M. Johnson, Lona J. Ipsen, Lizzie O. Borgeson; middle row: Annie C. Peterson, Helga Pedersen, Mrs. Leona Monson, Ruth N. Savage, Viola Peterson; front row: Venna Monson, Zelma Peterson.

"The idea of having lady missionaries is new in this mission, but is no longer an experiment. The faithful labors of these sisters have gone far in making the mission what it is today. Neither their devotion can be questioned, nor their industry criticized. Their services have been of great value in tracting, in which capacity they are generally well received. Great credit is due them for the number of cottage meetings they have been able to arrange for and hold, and they have held some very successful street meetings. In the Y. L. M. I. A., Relief Society and Sunday school, much good has been realized from their work. So splendid has this feature of the missionary work been, that the time is looked for when two or more lady missionaries will be placed in each of the twelve conferences of this mission. These lady missionaries, on invitation, spent the holidays in New York, and were entertained there by a number of different people, including Mrs. David Eccles, Mrs. Henrietta Harvey, Long Island; Ed. M. Horton, Brooklyn; and W. P. Monson and F. W. Riter, of New York. The assignments of the sisters are as follows: Lizzie C. Borgeson and Annie C. Peterson, Boston, Mass.; Janett McNiel and Alta Johnson, New Haven, Conn.; Edna Crowther and Gertrude Phelps, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Ruth Savage and Minnie Poulson, Philadelphia, Pa.; Viola Peterson and Lona Ipsen, Baltimore, Md.; Helga Pedersen and Zelma Petersen, Office, New York; Leona Monson and Venna Monson, Headquarters, New York."