Guide to the Minnehaha Finney Papers

Minnehaha Finney was appointed by the Women's Board of Missions of the UPCNA in 1894 to the Egypt Mission. She performed educational work at Mansura and at the Central School for Girls at Alexandria. She developed a curriculum for girls' schools, introduced the kindergarten to Egypt and established The Training School for Women. In 1915 she began evangelistic work at Tanta in the Delta. She was appointed associate editor for Egypt for The Womens Missionary Magazine of the United Presbyterian Church and held that position until her retirement in 1937.