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The Presbyterian world mission movement might never have taken off without the skills and commitment of women. Forty-five Presbyterian missionaries were already serving overseas when their denomination established a Board of Foreign Missions in 1837—and nearly half of those early missionaries were women. This article, reproduced courtesy of Presbyterians Today magazine, tells that story.