Includes bibliographical references.

Hildegard of Bingen : "Say and write what you see and hear" (1098-1179) -- Saint Birgitta (Bridget) of Sweden : God's emissary (1303-1373) -- Julian of Norwich : "And all shall be well" (c. 1342-c. 1416) -- Catherine of Siena : a holy resolution of the heart (1347-1380) -- Margery Kempe : medieval memoirist (c. 1373-d. 1438) -- Katharina Luther : the deeper story (1499-1550) -- Teresa of �Avila : afire with a great love for God (1515-1582) -- Anne Askew : more than a martyr (1521-1546) -- Anne Hutchinson : the perseverance of a Puritan preacher (1591-1643) -- Anne Bradstreet : colonial kindred spirit (1612-1672) -- Margaret Fell : "I shall stand for God and truth" (1614-1702) -- Susanna Wesley : more than the mother of Methodism (1669-1742) -- Hannah More : setting the stage for Sunday School (1745-1833) -- Phillis Wheatley : 'Twas mercy (1753-1784) -- Elizabeth Fry : Quaker prison reformer (1780-1845) -- Jarena Lee : the power to speak (1783-?) -- Ann Hasseltine Judson : bringing the knowledge of truth to Burma (1789-1826) -- Mary Lyon : a thousand straems (1797-1849) -- Sojourner Truth : declaring the truth to the people (1797-1883) -- Phoebe Palmer : trials to triumphs (1807-1874) -- Harriet Beecher Stowe : she wrote for freedom, she wrote for hope (1811-1896) -- Florence Nightingale : called to the Crimea and beyond (1820-1910) -- Harriet Tubman : "I was free; they should be free" (1820-1913) -- Antoinette Brown Blackwell : "Why should I not pray?" (1825-1921) -- Josephine Butler : a passionate advocate for prostitutes (1828-1906) -- Catherine Booth : mother of the Army (1829-1890) -- Hannah Whitall Smith : God is enough (1832-1911) -- Clara Swain : healing bodies, ministering to souls (1834-1910) -- Amanda Berry Smith : preaching in the face of racism (1837-1915) -- Lottie Moon : the unlikely missionary (1840-1915) -- Fanny Crosby : my story, my song (1840-1915) -- Pandita Ramabai : a stream of living water (158-1922) -- Amy Carmichael : the winning of souls (1867-1951) -- Ida Scudder : God knocked and she answered (1870-1960) -- Th�er�ese of Lisieux : the little way (1873-1897) -- Mary McLeod Bethune : enter to learn, depart to serve (1875-1955) -- Faye Edgerton : good news for the Navajo (1889-1968) -- Edith Stein : a sacrifice for her people (1891-1942) -- Corrie ten Boom : under his wings you shall trust (1892-1983) -- Dorothy Sayers : a reluctant prophet (1893-1957) -- Dorothy Day : love your neighbor (1897-1980) -- Gladys Aylward : the small woman who did God's great work (1902-1970) -- Simone Weil : the uncompromising Christian (1909-1934) -- Mother Teresa : a pencil in God's hand (1910-1997) -- Mahalia Jackson : queen of gospel (1911-1972) -- Edith Schaeffer : a wonderful paradox (1914-2013) -- Fannie Lou Hames : a political activist who lived by love (1917-1977) -- Madeleine L'Engle : writing toward the why (1918-2007) -- Ruth Bell Graham : keep looking forward (1920-2007) -- Flannery O'Connor : the observer (1925-1964).