Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars, researchers and students.

A multi-disciplinary resource, collections on the Archives Unbound platform cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Particular strengths include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history. Collections are chosen based on requests from scholars, archivists, and students.

The International Women's Periodicals Archives Unbound collection provides access to the full text of some of the most significant and least-widely held women’s periodicals produced from the late Eighteenth century through the early 1930s.

The title used in this guide and found within this Archives Unbound collection is Woman's Missionary Advocate. Published between 1880 and 1910 this periodical provided the women of the Methodist Episcopal Church a means through which to report on the progress of Christian missionary work in China, South America, and Indian Territory, and the work of women missionaries. The editors' decision to start a magazine was defended in the first issue by reference to the New Testament: "God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise …"