| Description |
316 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Includes among many others Sarah and Angelina Grimke. |
| Contents |
Mary, Mother of Jesus (first century) -- Anna: Prophetess (first century) -- Sts. Martha and Mary of Bethany: Friends of Jesus (first century) -- St. Mary Magdalene: Apostle to the Apostles (first century) -- St. Marcella: Widow (325-410) -- St. Clare of Assisi : Found of the Poor Clares (1193-1253) -- St. Elizabeth of Hungary: Franciscan Queen (1207-1231) -- St. Agnes of Bohemia: Princess and Abbess (1203-1280) -- St. Angela Merici: Founder of the Ursulines (1474-1540) -- St. Jeanne de Chantal : Co-founder of the Order of the Visitation (1572-1641) -- St. Elizabeth Feodorovna: Martyr (1864-1918) -- St. Josephine Bakhita: Ex-Slave and Nun (1869-1947) -- St. Katherine Drexel: Founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (1858-1955) -- Madeleine Delbrêl: Missionary and activist (1904-1964) -- Little Sister Magdeleine of Jesus: Founder of the Little Sisters of Jesus (1898-1989) -- Mev Puleo: Witness of Solidarity (1963-1996) -- Ade Bethune: Catholic worker artist (1914-2002) -- Hagar the Egyptian: Slave Woman -- The Samaritan Woman: Evangelist (first century) -- The Anointer of Bethany (first century) -- St. Monica: Widow (332-387) -- Heloise: Abbess of the Convent of the Paraclete (1100-1164) -- Bd. Angela of Foligno: Franciscan mystic (1248-1309) -- Bd. Lydwina of Schiedam: Patron of sufferers (1380-1433) -- Margery Kempe: Mystic and pilgrim (1373-1438?) -- St. Catherine of Genoa: Mystic (1447-1510) St. Xenia of St. Petersburg: Holy Fool (late eighteenth century) -- Cornelia Connelly: Founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus (1809-1879) -- Maude Dominica Petre: Catholic modernist (1863-1942) -- St. Edith Stein: Carmelite martyr (1891-1942) -- Adrienne von Speyr: Mystic (1902-1967) -- Mothers of the Disappeared (1977-1983) -- Martyrs of El Mozote: El Salvador (d. 1981) -- Jessica Powers: Carmelite poet (1905-1988) -- Karla Faye Tucker: Penitent (1959-1998) -- The Syrophoenician Woman: Faithful witness (first century) -- The Woman with a Flow of Blood (first century) -- St. Lydia: "Worshipper of God'' (first century) -- St. Scholastica: Nun (d.543) -- St. Dymphna: Martyr (d. 650?) -- Mechthild of Magdeburg: Beguine mystic (1210?-1282?) -- Bd. Margaret Ebner: Mystic (1291-1351) -- Bd. Julian of Norwich: Mystic (1342-1416) -- Emily Dickinson: Poet (1830-1886) St. Therese of Lisieux: Doctor of the Church (1873-1897) -- Mary Slessor: Missionary (1848-1915) -- Evelyn Underhill: Spiritual Guide (1875-1941) -- Edel Quinn: Missionary of the Legion of Mary (1907-1944) -- Anne Frank: Witness of the Holocaust (1929-1945) -- Gabrielle Bossis: Mystic (1874-1950) -- Martyrs of Birmingham (d. 1963) -- Gladys Aylward: Missionary (1902-1970) -- Sister Thea Bowman: African American Franciscan (1937-1990) -- Rahab: Faithful prostitute -- Mary and Elizabeth: Prophetic Mothers (first century) -- Lady Godiva of Coventry: Defender of the poor (eleventh century) -- St. Birgitta of Sweden: Mystic and prophet (1303-1373) -- St. Joan of Arc: Maid of Orleans (1412?-1431) -- St. Teresa of Avila: Mystic, Doctor of the Church (1515-1582) -- Anne Hutchinson: Puritan prophet (1591-1643) -- Sor Juana Inís de la Cruz: Poet and scholar (1651-1694) -- Margaret Fell: Quaker (1614-1702) -- Sarah Grimké (1792-1873) and Angelina Grimké (1805-1879): Abolitionists and feminists -- Lucretia Mott: Abolitionist and feminist (1793-1880) -- Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist preacher (1797-1883) -- Pandita Ramabai: Indian Christian and reformer (1858-1922) -- Mother Jones: Labor agitator (1830-1930) -- Simone Weil: Philosopher and mystic (1909-1943) -- Viola Liuzzo: Martyr for civil rights (1925-1965) -- Fannie Lou Hamer: Prophet of freedom (1917-1977) -- Catherine de Hueck Doherty: Founder of Madonna House (1896-1985) -- St. Brigid of Ireland: Abbess of Kildare (c.450-525) -- St. Mechtild of Hackeborn: Nun and mystic (1241-1298) -- St. Louise de Marillac: Co-Founder of the Daughters of Charity (1591- 1660) -- St. Joan Delanou: Founder of the Sisters of St. Anne of the Providence of Saumur (1666-1736) -- Nano Nagle: Founder of the Presentation Sisters (1718-1784) -- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton: Founder of the Daughters of Charity of St. Josephy (1774-1821) -- Elizabeth Fry: Quaker reformer (1780-1845) -- Bd. Anne-Marie Javouhey: Founder, Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny (1779- 1851) -- Bd. Jeanne Jugan: Founder of the Little Sisters of the Poor (1792-1879) -- Florence Nightingale: Healer (1820-1910) -- Harriet Tubman: Abolitionist (1820?-1913) -- St. Frances Xavier Cabrini: Founder, Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart (1850-1917) -- Rose Hawthorne: Founder of the Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer (1851-1926) -- St. Maria Skobtsova: Orthodox nun and martyr (1891-1945) -- Caryll Houselander : Mystic (1901-1954) -- Satoko Kitahara: "The Mary of Ants Town'' (1929-1958) -- Maura O'Halloran: Christian Zen monk (1955-1982) -- Corrie Ten Boom: Rescuer and witness (1892-1983) -- Bd. (Mother) Teresa of Calcutta: Founder of the Missionaries of Charity (1910-1997) -- St. Thecla of Iconium: Evangelist (first century) -- St. Agnes: Virgin and Martyr (d.304?) -- St. Catherine of Alexandria: Martyr (date unknown) -- St. Hilda of Whitby: Abbess (610-680) -- St. Christina of Markyate: Maiden of Christ (1097-1161) -- St. Hildegard of Bingen: Abbess and visionary (1098-1179) -- Beatrice of Nazareth: Mystic (1200-1268) -- Hadewijch of Brabant: Beguine mystic (thirteenth century) -- St. Gertrude the Great: Mystic (1253-1302) -- Bd. Kateri Tekakwitha: "Lilly of the Mohawks'' (1656-1680) -- Mother Ann Lee: Shaker (1736-1784) -- St. Bernadette Soubirous: Visionary of Lourdes (1844-1879) -- St. Maria Goretti: Martyr (1890-1902) -- Etty Hillesum: Mystic of the Holocaust (1914-1943) -- Mollie Rogers: Founder of the Maryknoll Sisters (1882-1955) -- Raissa Maritain: Poet and contemplative (1883-1960) -- Flannery O'Connor: Novelist (1925-1964) -- Cassie Bernal: Witness of Columbine (1981-1999) -- Daria Donnelly: Laywoman (1958-2004) -- St. Catherine of Siena: Doctor of the Church (1347-1380) -- St. Elizabeth of Portugal: Queen (1271-1336) -- Ida B. Wells: Reformer (1862-1931) -- Jane Addams: Social Reformer and Nobel Laureate (1860-1935) -- Sophie Scholl and companions: Martyrs of the White Rose (d. 1943) -- Kathe Kollwitz: Artist (1867-1945) -- Muriel Lester: "Ambassador of Reconciliation'' (1884-1968) -- Dorothy Day: Co-founder of the Catholic Worker (1897-1980) -- Peace Pilgrim (?-1981) -- Mirabehn: Servant of Peace (1892-1982) -- Penny Lernoux: Journalist (1940-1989) -- Eileen Egan: Peacemaker (1912-2000) -- Dorothee Soelle: Theologian (1929-2003) -- St. Blandina and companions: Martyrs of Lyons (177) -- Sts. Perpetua and Felicity: Martyrs (d.203) -- St. Crispina: Martyr (d.304) -- Marguerite Porete: Beguine martyr (d.1310) -- Anne Askew: Protestant martyr (1521-1546) -- St. Margaret Clitherow: English Martyr (d.1586) -- Mary Dyer: Quaker martyr (d. 1660) -- Mary Ward: Founder of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1586- 1645) -- Rebecca Nurse and companions: "Witches'' of Salem (1692) -- Bd. (Mother) Theodore Guerin: Founder of the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary of the Woods (1798-1856) -- Bd. Mary McKillop: Founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart (1842-1909) -- Agneta Chang: Maryknoll Sister and nartyr (d. 1950) -- Sister Alicia Domon: Martyr (d. 1977) -- Maura Clarke and companions: Martyrs of El Salvador (d. 1980). |
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Christian women saints -- Biography.
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Religious biography.
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Women -- Biography.
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Christian women saints. (OCoLC)fst00859586
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Religious biography. (OCoLC)fst01093948
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Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biography.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0824522516 (alk. paper) |
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9780824522513 (alk. paper) |
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