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Show MRS. R. B. CHERINGTON MRS. R. KIRKWOOD MRS. A. P. PECK 1903-1913 The fourth decade of the Board's history again marked a steady advance. Several important factors contributed to this: one, the visits of the President, Mrs. Peck, to several of the Branches during her term of office. Real "Missionary Journeys" these, in more respects than one, since she carried the story of her own actual experiences on the field to some of the many auxiliaries she addressed, for whom she was the first missionary visitor, and she greatly strengthened the link between the societies and the Board. A second factor in the advance was the establishment of closer connections with the American Board, and with Eastern Woman's Boards, by having our own delegates at several of the Eastern meetings,- for the first time at that of the Centennial Movement in 1900, when again Mrs. Peck represented the Board. This marked the beginning of real co-operation with the other Boards, and has meant an ever increasing mutual interest and understanding, with an interchange of material and method that has been invaluable. Upon Mrs. Peck's return to China in 1904, Miss Laura Richards of Saratoga assumed the presidency and served until 1908, when she [ 22 ] |