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of home missions which became the main work of her life. At the request of the directors of the association, she visited all its fields of work in 1884 in order to prepare herself to speak of the work among the churches. The trip covered the country as far west as
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Council of Women for Home Missions was organized in November, 1908, and Coleman served as president of the council from its beginning, till 1916.
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