Simonds, Mildred

Mildred Simonds (1876-1969) was a Methodist Episcopal Church missionary to India for forty years. She received a certificate from the State Normal School in Steven Point, Wisconsin, in 1895. In 1902 she graduated from the Chicago Training School. Prior to entering mission work, Simonds taught school in Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois. In 1903 she was a teacher for one year at Chaddock Boys' School in Chicago. During her time at Chaddock she was consecrated as a deaconess.

In 1905 she was accepted as a missionary by the Des Moines Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and a year later she sailed for India. From 1906 to 1927 Simonds was stationed at Vikarabad in the South India Conference. She was involved in evangelistic and education work including supervising village and night schools and adult education. From 1927 to 1938 Smonds was stationed at Tandur and Narayanpet. She also worked at Dalthabad in 1942. During her missionary years, Simonds took four furloughs: 1913, 1920, 1928, and 1936. She retired from missionary work in 1946.