Great women of faith : the strength and influence of Christian women / [print]
Nancy A. Hardesty.
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Book House, [(c)1980.
- 140 pages ; 23 cm.
Marcella and Paula : Bible specialists Empress Pulcheria : defender of the faith Hilda : ruler with bishops, lords, kings Leoba : missionary teacher Hroswitha : Germany's first poet, playwright Catherine of Siena : Luther's predecessor Julian of Norwich : Trinitarian Marguerite of Navarre, Jeanne d'Albret : French Reformation queens Early Quaker women : targets of persecution Barbara Heck : Methodist pioneer Sally Parsons, Clarissa Danforth : Freewill Baptist preachers Isabella Graham, Joanna Bethune : Sunday school pioneers Lydia Sexton : mother in Israel Sarah Doremus : "mother of missions" ; Phoebe Palmer : holiness unto the Lord Elizabeth Prentiss : novelist Antoinette Brown : minister of the gospel Catherine Booth : cofounder of the Salvation Army Frances Willard : Christian crusader Amanda Smith : touring evangelist Ramabai : God's woman in India Lucy Peabody : missionary organizer.