The Heathen Woman's Friend

The Heathen Woman's Friend

"The women that publish the tidings are a great host"
Type	monthly
Owner(s)	Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
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)[1]
Language	English
Ceased publication	vol. 27, no. 6 (December 1895)[1]
Relaunched	continued as Woman's Missionary Friend, vol. 27, no. 7 (January 1896)-vol. 73, no. 7 (August 1940)[1]
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Country	U.S.
Sister newspapers	Der Heiden-Frauen-Freund (established 1885)
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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 in 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.