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Churchwomen from other lands discuss international programs with officials of the United Church Women, a general department of the National Council of Churches, during the UCW’s tenth national assembly in Kansas City, Mo., in Oct. 1964. Esther Hymer, right, explains features of a special UCW project, “Summer at the Church Center for the United Nations,” which she directed. From left to right are: Esther Coker, assistant secretary of the United Christian Council of Sierra Leone; Mrs. George B. Martin of Summit, N.J., a vice-president of the UCW, and Miss Rachel Thangabelu, a social worker from India. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)
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