The Heathen Woman's Friend
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| Type | monthly |
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| Owner(s) | Woman's Foreign Missionary Society |
| Founder(s) | Lois Lee Parker and Clementina Rowe Butler |
| Editor | Harriet Merrick Warren |
| Founded | The Heathen Woman's Friend, vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1869) |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | vol. 27, no. 6 (December 1895) |
| Relaunched | continued as Woman's Missionary Friend, vol. 27, no. 7 (January 1896)-vol. 73, no. 7 (August 1940) |
| City | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Country | U.S. |
| Sister newspapers | Der Heiden-Frauen-Freund (established 1885) |
The Heathen Woman's Friend (1869-1896; renamed Woman’s Missionary Friend, 1896-1940) was a Christian women's monthly newspaper. Established in May 1869, it was published by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston, Massachusetts. The monthly magazine describe conditions in the mission fields of the church, document the work of the society, and provide assistance to missionaries. The Heathen Woman's Friend was launched with volume 1, number 1 in May 1869. Its final issue, volume 27, number 6, was issued December 1895. The publication was relaunched as the Woman's Missionary Friend with volume 27, number 7 on January 1896, and ended with volume 73, number 7 in August 1940.
The paper was able to pay its expenses and gave large sums to the Society. From 1882 to 1893, it contributed $26,000 to other forms of church work, and aided in carrying the miscellaneous literature published by the Society, the annual reports, uniform studies, maps of mission fields, life membership certificates for adults and for children, and a great variety of missionary leaflets.
At the very beginning of the Society, it was proposed that a monthly paper be issued, and the following prospectus was printed: "The" paper will be devoted more especially to the interests of the work among heathen women, and will be filled with interesting facts and incidents illustrating that work, furnished by those laboring in heathen lands. Information will be given concerning the customs and social life of the people, the various obstacles to be overcome in their Christianization, and the success which attends the various departments of missionary labor among them. The design is to furnish just such a paper as will be read with interest by all the friends of the cause, and one which will assist in enlisting the sympathies of the children also, and educate them more fully in the missionary work. The price of the paper .will be only thirty cents per annum, so that it will be within the reach of all."
The monthly magazine was launched to describe conditions in the mission fields of the church, document the work of the society, and provide assistance to missionaries. The paper was able to pay its expenses and gave large sums to the Society. From 1882 to 1893, it contributed $26,000 to other forms of church work, and aided in carrying the miscellaneous literature published by the Society, the annual reports, uniform studies, maps of mission fields, life membership certificates for adults and for children, and a great variety of missionary leaflets. Subscriptions ranged from 3,500 in 1869, to 21,000 in 1870, and 92,591 in 1929. Subscriptions could start in July, October, January, or April, though July and January were preferable.
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