ABSTRACT
This historical essay provides as full a portrait as possible of the Methodist women missionaries deployed to Bulgaria and Italy by the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society. The period in which they served, at the turn of the twentieth century, was characterized by major shifts in mission theology and strategy, and they also navigated complex social-political terrain. Their lives and ministry typify the shift in emphases from indigenous evangelistic endeavors to more sophisticated educational ministries. The work of two missionaries, Kate Blackburn and Ellen Vickery, affords a case study in these changes.
