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Jessie Trout (1895 - 1990) was a Canadian missionary to Japan for nearly 20 years until she left Japan during World War II. She was a member of the Disciples of Christ.

While in Japan, she met and mentored Itoko Maeda, a young girl attending the Christian school. Trout aided Maeda in getting scholarships to continue her Christian education, both in Japan and the United States. Itoko Maeda would later go on to become an important missionary in her own right.

During World War II, Trout left Japan and returned to the United States. She was one of the church leaders who visited Japanese Internment camps during World War II to conduct "mass meetings, seminars, open forums, ministers' conferences, [and] Bible study sessions." The Disciples of Christ were outspoken in its opposition to the internment of Japanese Americans and as Conner writes, "[It] took a leading role in a well-coordinated, national public and private effort to move Japanese Americans out of internment camps and resettle them in towns and cities across the nation’s heartland." Trout, as a Disciples missionary, aided in this effort by touring rural Indiana communities to determine the availability of employment for, and sentiments towards, the internees.

Trout helped co-found the Christian Women's Fellowship (1950) and the International Christian Women's Fellowship (1953). She served as chief executive of the Christian Women's Fellowship.

Works
Kagawa, T., & Trout, J. M. (1960). Kagawa, Japanese prophet: His witness in life and word. New York: Association Press. WorldCat Link