Una Roberts Lawrence

Una Roberts Lawrence (August 6, 1893 – January 13, 1972) was an American writer and educator affiliated with the Woman's Missionary Union and Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Early life and education Lawrence was born in Gainesville, Arkansas, the daughter of Hulett Wayne Roberts and Mary Moffett Roberts. Her father was a school principal. She graduated from Cabot High School in 1910 she earned a teaching degree from Woman's Missionary Union Training School in 1919, and mission study editor for the Home Mission Board from 1926 to 1947. spoke at denominational conferences, and conducted surveys to identify ministry needs among Southern Baptist churches in Appalachia. She wrote a biography of missionary Lottie Moon. She made four speaking trips to Cuba, In 1934, she worked with Nannie Helen Burroughs to relaunch a missionary magazine, The Worker. In 1937, she was named to the President's Committee on Farm Tenancy. The Jesus Way Wigwam: Mission Work in Indian Territory (1926) Just Around the Corner Tales (1926) "When the Rain Came" (1937) The Trail of Seeds (1940) Katie of the Canyon (1947) Resource Book: Evangelism in Home Missions (1947) These Were First (1948, with Margaret Kine Eubanks) "Cowboy of the Amazon" and "The Gospel Cavalryman of the Cane Fields" (1948)

Personal life Roberts married Irwin Lawrence in 1920. She lived in Kansas City, Missouri, beginning in the 1930s. She died in 1972, at the age of 78, at a hospital in Jacksonville, Arkansas. A large collection of her papers are in the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives.