Woman's Home Missionary Association chartered in 1881 (first meeting held at Park Street Church, Boston, Mass., in 1879); organized to support home missions and the Congregational homeland societies; in 1920 reorganized as Massachusetts Woman's Home Missionary Union "to act as trustees of funds entrusted to them and to disburse the income of the same for the work of Congregational Home Missions"; in 1927 the Massachusetts Woman's Home Missionary Union and the Massachusetts branches of the Woman's Board of Missions merged to become the Congregational Woman's Missionary Society of Massachusetts; by 1934 the charter and bylaws of the organization used the name: Massachusetts Home Missionary Union.
From the description of Massachusetts Woman's Home Missionary Union records, 1879-1990. (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70954249
