Black and white photograph of Edna G. Gerdes, missionary to India, ca. 1970.

Edna G. Gerdes

Edna G. Gerdes, missionary to India, ca. 1970.

Color image of Members of the Dorcas Circle at the Carson Mennonite Brethren Church Centennial celebration, 1975.

Members of the Dorcas Circle at the Carson Mennonite Brethren Church Centennial celebration

Helen Wiens, Waldo Wiens, and Rachel Wiens sing as a trio at a Carson Mennonite Brethren Church Centennial celebration, 1975.

Color image of the Carson Mennonite Brethren Church centennial celebration, 1975.

Carson Mennonite Brethren Church centennial celebration

Lillian Foth, Lena Ewert, Helen Wiens, Linda Friesen, Nettie Eytzen, and Rachel Wiens, sing as a sextet at a Carson Mennonite Brethren Church Centennial celebration, 1975.

Color image of members of the Dorcas Mission Society, ca. 1990s.

Members of the Dorcas Mission Society

Members of the Dorcas Mission Society, ca. 1990s. Pictured are (back row): Frieda Rempel Ewert, Minnie Dick Ewert, Lena Ewert, Mabel Rempel, Anna Ewert, Blanch Wiens Friesen, and Matilda Feil Ewert; and (front row): Martha Bartsch, Luella Feil Wiebe, Sadie Bartsch, and Viola Wiens Dick.

Dorcas Circle, Carson Mennonite Brethren Church

The Dorcas Circle, organized in Cottonwood County's Carson Township in 1936 and later known as the Women’s Mission Society (WMS), served as the backbone of the Carson Mennonite Brethren Church’s strong missions program. Working in supportive capacities, members of the circle impacted church and community life without taking on pastoral roles.

Color image of Somali women pray in the women’s prayer room at Dar Al-Hijrah during the holy month of Ramadan, 2013.

Eid Al-Fitr at Dar Al-Hijrah Mosque

Somali women pray in the women’s prayer room at Dar Al-Hijrah during the holiday of Eid Al-Fitr, which ends the holy month of Ramadan. Photograph by Mohamud Mumin, 2013.

Black and white photograph of an Easter party at Phyllis Wheatley House, Minneapolis (Ethel Ray Nance, center right), ca. 1927.

Easter party at Phyllis Wheatley House

Easter party at Phyllis Wheatley House, Minneapolis (Ethel Ray Nance, center right), ca. 1927.

Black and white photograph of individuals starting a hike from Phyllis Wheatley House with Ethel Ray (later Ethel Ray Nance), 1926.

Starting a hike from Phyllis Wheatley House

Starting a hike from Phyllis Wheatley House with Ethel Ray (later Ethel Ray Nance), 1926.

Black and white photograph of Ethel Ray Nance, ca. 1945.

Ethel Ray Nance

Ethel Ray Nance, the first African American policewoman in Minnesota, ca. 1945.

Black and white photograph of Ethel Ray (later Ethel Ray Nance; far right) with Myrtle Hultberg, Mabel Jackson, and an unknown individual, ca. 1922.

Ethel Ray with friends

Ethel Ray (later Ethel Ray Nance; far right) with Myrtle Hultberg, Mabel Jackson, and an unknown individual, ca. 1922.

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