Aikenhead, Elizabeth Dimsdale, 57, 93 Albert College, 147 Alberta Branch, WMS, 164, 181, 196, 201, 204 Alexandra College, 147, 148 All People’s Mission, 182, 188 Allen, Elizabeth Ruttledge, 24 Allenford, ON, 24 Allin, Mary Wickett, 98 Allison, David, 230 Allison, Eva Hoover, 44 Amherstburg, ON, 44 Anderson, Sarah McConnel, 67–68 Andover, NB, 125 Andrews, Dee, 84 Annesley Hall, 210–11 Argue, Mary Wilson, 29–30 Arminian Magazine, 12 Asbury, Francis, 38 Ash, Margaret Sherlock, 239 Assiniboia Conference, 229–30 Athol, NS, 125 Balcarres, SK, 200, 201 Ball, Hannah, 118 Bangs, Nathan, 31, 53 Barbara Heck Association, 209–11, 212 Barnes, Eliza. See Case, Eliza Barnes Bartlett, Ross, 215 Bath, ON, 104–105 Beamer, Mrs., 26–27 Bedal, Penny, 215 Belleville, ON, 131 Belton, Mrs. Samuel, 46 benevolent societies, 101–104 Bent, Mrs. Joseph, 2 Bentley, Eliza, 66, 67, 72 Bible Christian Church, 14, 23, 113, 143 Bible classes, 84, 123, 123, 125 Bible reading. See reading, Bible biblical authority and women, 87 biblical images of women, 1–3; examples of, 26, 34, 92, 102, 104, 117, 213–14 Biggar, Cammilla Coltman, 35 Biggar, Eliza Phelps, 47 Bishop, Abraham John, 80–81 Bishop, Hannah, 91 Black, Mary Gay, 39, 102 Black, William, 2, 21, 39, 78, 81 Blight, Kathleen Blaiklock, 82–83, 98 Blight, Mrs. William, 83–84 Bloomfield, ON, 159 Blow, Jane Gray, 26 Board of Managers (WMS), 171–77, 203, 205, 216, 217 Bosanquet, Mary. See Fletcher, Mary Bosanquet Bowes, Dorothy Willmott, 69 Boyce, Mrs. E.A., 91 Boylan, Anne M., 127, 128 Bradburn, Sophia Cook, 118 Brampton, ON, 99 Brandon, MB, 192 Brantford, ON, 235–36 Braud, Ann, 10 Index 297 Italicized page numbers refer to the photographs. Braund, Elizabeth Gread, 67, 68 Brekus, Catherine, 2, 87 Brigden, Beatrice, 194–95 Briggs, R.M., 168 Brigus, NL, 129, 131 British Columbia Conference, 234 Brodley, Polly, 122 Brooking, Miss, 127 Brouwer, Ruth Compton, 155, 224 Brunger, Ronald, 112 Bunting Jane Crowe, 79, 83–84 Burgess, Eliza Metcalf, 67 Burkholder, Catherine, 101 Burnt Arm, NL, 125 Burrett, Mrs. (Maitland), 99 Burwash, Anne Taylor, 70 Burwash, Margaret Proctor, 209, 210 Calgary, 207 Callop, Emma, 124 camp meetings, 33, 90–91 Canadian Girls in Training, 162 Carman, Albert, 226 Carman, Mary Sisk, 148, 149, 157, 172 Carroll, John, 19, 27–28, 32, 35, 37, 39 Cartmell, Martha, 152, 153, 153, 154, 156, 157, 171, 186 Case, Eliza Barnes, 139, 140 Case, William, 39, 139, 140 Cataraqui, ON, 161 Chapman, Miss (missionary collector), 143 Chatham, NB, 105 Chesley, Mary Russell, 225–27, 229, 236–37 Chesley, Samuel, 225–27 children, women’s responsibility for, 69, 71 Chinese Rescue Home, 168, 171–76, 176, 181, 206; advisory committee, 176 Choate, Mrs. Nathan, 101 Chown, Samuel Dwight, 200 Christian Guardian, 12, 68, 84, 85, 173, 203 Christian perfection. See sanctification church construction, women’s support for, 98–99 church maintenance, women’s participation in, 100 church music, 8, 87, 56, 129–35; children ’s choirs, 134; choirs, 131–32; payment of musicians, 131; professionalization of, 131–33; song leaders, 129; and Sunday schools, 134; women as choir directors, 132; women as organists , 129–34 Churchill, Sarah Strickland, 99 Clarke, Adam, 142 Clarkson, Miss (missionary collector), 143 class leaders, 56; in Canada and the United States, 84; representation on quarterly boards, 219–20, 221; women as, 80–86 class meetings, 4, 21–22, 74, 76, 78–86; gender divisions in, 78; change in, 84–86 clothing. See dress Clow, Mary Sheppard, 100–101 Coates, Mrs. Thomas, 83 Coldwater, ON, 110–11 Coleman, Emeline Maria Adams, 39–40 Coleman, Francis, 39 collection of funds: for congregational purposes, 35, 98–99; for missions, 8, 140–41, 143–44 Collingwood, ON, 222 Collins, Malinda Lacey, 130 communion, 64, 100, 240–41 congregations, governance of, 107, 116; membership of quarterly boards, 177, 219–24 Constable, Diana Mattison, 44, 46 conversion, 3, 7–8; authority resulting from, 77; decreasing emphasis on, 194, 195–96; experience of, 64, 74 Cook, Eliza Cunningham, 79 Cook, Sharon Anne, 203–204 Cooney, Mrs., 83 Cooper, Mary Gilbert, 98 Corson, Robert, 48, 49 Cosford, Thomas, 44, 49 Coughlan, Lawrence, 19 Cox, Margaret Hopkins, 209–10 Cramahe Female Missionary Society, 140–41 298 THE ORGANIZING CHURCH [54.172.169.199] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 02:31 GMT) Crews, Elizabeth, 45 Croft, Mrs. W.I., 237 Crosby Home (BC), 167 cult of true womanhood, 77 Dafoe, Nancy, 76 Danford, Mrs. I.N., 3 Dauphin, MB, 191, 195–96 Dauphinie, Mary, 225 Davidson, Mrs. J.W...