DESCRIPTION
This collection of twelve extraordinary stories of women of faith will empower girls to know and understand how women have made a difference in the world and how much smaller our faith would be without them. Colorful illustrations complement the true stories of these twelve amazing women: Gladys Aylward- missionary to China, Clara Barton- founder of the American Red Cross, Catherine Booth- cofounder of The Salvation Army, Amy Carmichael- missionary to India, Fanny Crosby- blind hymn-writer, Florence Nightingale- founder of modern nursing, Edith Schaeffer- cofounder of L’Abri ministry in Switzerland, Mary Slessor- missionary to Africa, Corrie ten Boom- Dutch watchmaker who helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust of WWII, Mother Teresa- Catholic nun and missionary, Sojourner Truth- Civil Rights leader, and Harriet Tubman- leader of the Underground Railroad.
