BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T160245Z UID:137-627820@unionhillbaptistchurch.us DTSTART:20260920T173000Z DTEND:20260920T174500Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260902T182931 DESCRIPTION:Kathleen Mallory (1879-1954)\nKathleen Mallory\nFrom 1912 until t oday\, one of the most famous and beloved women among millions of Southern Baptists has been Kathleen Mallory of Alabama. She assumed leadership of 200\,000 women and children\, mobilized them and their resources\, propell ed Southern Baptist missions programs from debt to success\, and boosted t he Woman's Missionary Union to a position of quiet power.\nIn 1908\, Miss Mallory became superintendent of the Woman's Missionary Union work of the Selma Baptist Association. She was elected Corresponding Secretary of the Alabama Baptist Woman's Missionary Union in 1909. In 1912\, she became Cor responding Secretary of the Woman's Missionary Union\, Auxiliary to the So uthern Baptist Convention. The national WMU offices at that time were in B altimore\, Maryland. In 1921\, the national offices were moved to Birmingh am\, Alabama\, with Miss Mallory leading the way. Her title was changed to Executive Secretary in 1937. She retired in 1948.\nMiss Mallory has the l ongest tenure of any employee of the Woman's Missionary Union. Under her l eadership\, the organization grew to 806\,000. She raised millions of doll ars for missions\, and wrote and edited countless inspiring publications. She instituted pervasive and progressive social services programs that res haped the Baptist position in many Southern communities\, and aided women in their struggles in many foreign countries. She helped retool the Southe rn Baptist system of finance. She was known as "the sweetheart of Southern Baptists."\nDuring her years as National Executive Secretary of the Woman 's Missionary Union\, Miss Mallory assumed the position of editor for the monthly magazine\, Royal Service\, a missions magazine for Baptist women. This magazine is now one of the largest circulated publications for women in the United States.\nIn perpetual honor of Kathleen Mallory\, a hospita l in Laichow-fu China\, erected by Alabama Baptists' donations\, was named Kathleen Mallory Hospital. The large conference room in the WMU national office is named for Miss Mallory. The annual special missions offering for the Alabama Baptist State Convention is named in her honor.\n\nBibliograp hy\nAllen\, Catherine B. Laborers in God: 22 Great Woman in Baptist Life. Birmingham: Woman’s Missionary Union\, 1987.\nBarwick\, Dee Danner\, ed . Great Words of Our Time. Kansas City: Hallmark Editions\, 1970.\nGarris on\, Greg. “Book Shows WMU Racial Concerns\, Women’s Rights Role.”  Birmingham News\, 23 January 1987\, 1B.\nUssery\, Annie Wright. The Story of Kathleen Mallory. Nashville: Broadman Press\, 1956.\n LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T182931 LOCATION:Church Sanctuary SUMMARY:September 20\, 2026 URL;VALUE=URI:https://unionhillbaptistchurch.us/events/september-20-2026/20 26-09-20 ATTACH;FILENAME=Kathleen-Mallory.jpg;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dq5pwpg1q8r u0.cloudfront.net/2026/09/03/01/20/33/c5bd0bb1-2422-4a86-ab17-ed524cb10da3 /Kathleen-Mallory.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR