{{short description|Swedish-American philanthropist and teacher}} thumb|Emmy Evald '''Emmy Christine Evald''' née '''Carlsson''' (18 September 1857, Geneva, Illinois — 10 December 1946, New York City) was a Swedish-American philanthropist, teacher and feminist. Educated in both Sweden and the United States, she is remembered as a founding member and president of the Augustana Women's Missionary Society, established in Lindsborg, Kansas, in 1892.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swedesthewaytheywere.org/their-1892-augustana-womens-missionary-society--an-account-by-ms-humphrey.html|title=Their 1892 "Augustana Women's Missionary Society"|publisher=Swedes: The Way They Were|author=Humphrey, Karen A.|date=2012|accessdate=24 February 2024 |language=}}</ref> Evald was also president of the Lutheran Woman's International League and was housemistress for the Lutheran Home for Women in New York City where she spent her final years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://skbl.se/en/article/EmmyEvald|title=Emmy Christine Evald|publisher=Svensk kvinnobiografiskt lexikon|author=Åshede, Ulla|date=22 November 2020|accessdate=24 February 2024 |language=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=15564|title=Emmy Christine Evald (f. Carlsson)|publisher=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon|author=Æager, Brigitta|date=1953|accessdate=23 February 2024 |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://augustanaheritage.augustana.edu/Johnsson%20on%20%20Emmy%20Evald.pdf|title=The Global Impact of Emmy Evald and the Women's Missionary Society|publisher=Augustana Heritage Association|author=Johnsson, Lennart|date=2006|accessdate=24 February 2024 |language=}}</ref>
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