‘Who Started Women’s Day What is the origin of Women’s Day? When? And for what purpose? At some time in life we feel a trembling, fearful longing to do some good thing, something different and nelptut to some good cause. lt was just such an impulse and urge that led Mrs. Nannie Burroughs to think of what a special day--dedicated to a great cause--could do for church women. Women’s Day was proposed by Mrs. Burroughs, the young corresponding secretary of the Women's Convention, at the meeting of the convention in Memphis, Tennessee, in September 1906. : The proposal. was that the Fourth Sunday in July be known as National Women’s Day. This day was not thought up as a scheme for raising money, but a Christian school for raising women. To quote from her letter, "A million women working, a million women singing, a million women laboring for the coming of the kingdom in the hearts of all men...would be a power that would move God on his throne to answer, immediately, their petitions. Itwould mean spiritual dynamite that would blast Satan’s greatest strongholds." . As a result of Mrs. Burroughs’ idea, many women have discovered that given the opportunity to develop, they can be great tools in Christian service. They have learned to speak, present good christian ideas, depict courage, fidelity and grace, and are more and more | Receding great spokeswomen for the Lord. Mrs. Burroughs intended for women to do what the woman did who talked with Jesus at the well. She "went to town" and brought the ~ town outto "see Jesus." The Women’s Day idea was accepted and continues in full bloom today. So, God be with you, women, on ~ Women’s Day. Sister Jimmie Bell, Chairperson