Excerpt from And Greater Works: The Woman's Missionary Union of the Raleigh Baptist Association, 1886-1986The writer of this history is much aware that old records can not give the full story. Much of great interest - old and new - is not known or deservedly recognized.Concerning the societies, a number of organizations referred to in the early part of this history were not of the Raleigh Association, these from the Central Association merging with the Raleigh Association in 1944. Distinction was not always thought necessary. Both groups of churches became the one history. Also, what may seem to be a discrepancy in the dates when societies are organized is due to there being in a number of churches a first organization followed by a reorganization and even another time of reorganization. The best dates available are the ones used in this history.The writer expresses appreciation to all who helped in the preparation of this history - to the staff of the Biblical Recorder, the Raleigh Association, and the library of Southeastern Baptist Theological Sem inary. Special thanks are due those Woman's Missionary Unions of the Raleigh Association who cooperated in supplying information about their history and, in many cases, their church history. Gratitude is expressed to a number of individuals who gave behind-the-scenes support to this effort: Mrs. David Langford (nancy), calligraphy; Mrs. Joseph M. Branch (frances), preliminary typing; Mrs John W. Sherman (freeda), final typing; and Bill Boatwright, printing process, all of Raleigh.Dr. T. L. Cashwell helped with pictures and design, and Dr. William J. Yost assisted in every step of the preparation of the manuscript.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.