Out of Exile: Fannie Heck and the Rest of the Story
Recommended by: Sara L.
Did you know that the Woman's Missionary Union (WMUC) of North Carolina was started before the national organization? Fannie Exile Scudder Heck was in her 20s and living in Raleigh when she saw a need to mobilize women into reaching out to their communities and the world by doing mission work and supporting missionaries. A contemporary of Annie Armstrong, the two women had very different views on what the national missions organization should be like, and Fannie Heck even stepped aside for several years so as to not sew division in the organization.
Be inspired by Fannie's extraordinary life and her passion for missions that brought about the formation of the largest women-led missions organization in the world, in the book Out of Exile: Fannie Heck and the Rest of the Story.