Index

Index

Abelard, 18, 25–28, 32, 34

Allen, Richard, 126, 127, 128, 129

Anabaptists, 57, 64–67

Anne, Queen, 92

Anthony, Susan B., 207

Argue, A. H., 222

Aristotle, 60

Athanasius, 9

Augustine of Hippo, 4, 13

Austen, Jane, 148, 178, 180

Aylward, Gladys, 162, 173–78

Barat, Sophie, 162, 165

Barnabas, 2

Bartleman, Frank, 224, 225

Bede, 19, 20, 21

Beecher, Catherine, 182

Beecher, Henry Ward, 206–10, 216

Beecher, Lyman, 182, 206

Benedict XVI (pope), 37, 43, 44

Bergman, Ingrid, 173

Bethune, Mary McLeod, 126, 134–36, 137, 138, 139, 140

Boniface, 23, 24

Booth, Bramwell, 153

Booth, Catherine, 122, 143, 152–55, 158–60

Booth, Evangeline, 143, 155

Booth, William, 152–55, 160

Borgia, Lucrezia, 62

Bowles, Charles, 83, 85

Bradbury, William, 187

Bright, Bill, 242

Brontë, Charlotte, 179, 180

Brontë, Emily, 179, 180

Brown, John, 156

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 179

Buck, Pearl S., 1, 2

Bullard, Artemus, 206

Cable, Mildred, 162, 172

Caedmon, 20, 21, 23

Calvin, John, 54, 61–65, 67, 68

Carmelites, 71–75

Carmichael, Amy, 162, 163, 169–73, 177, 178, 255

Cary, Maude, 108, 119–23

Catherine of Sienna, 37, 42–46, 49, 51

celibacy, 2, 8, 16, 36, 55

Chrysostom, John, 4

Clare of Assissi, 18, 19, 27–34

Cotton, John, 76–79

Crawford, Florence, 219, 224

Crosby, Fanny, 180, 185–88, 193, 195–98, 255

Crosby, Sarah, 90, 98, 101, 104

Danforth, Clarissa, 70, 83–85

Darwin, Charles, 189

Davis, Jefferson, 187

Dayuma, 247, 248

de Lopez, Rosa, 219, 222–23, 233

d’Hericourt, Bénigne-Urbain-Jean-Marie du Trousset (bishop), 165, 166, 177

Dickens, Charles, 151

Dickinson, Emily, 180–82, 188–93, 197, 198

Dirks, Elizabeth, 54, 65–66, 67, 68

Dyer, Mary, 70, 76, 84

Edwards, Jonathan, 84, 188, 191, 205

Edwards, Sarah, 202, 205

Elijah, 72, 74

Elliot, Elisabeth, 236, 237, 246–48, 252, 253

Elliot, Jim, 247

Ercole (duke of Ferrera), 62, 64

Etter, Maria Woodworth, 219–24, 230, 231, 233, 234

Etter, Samuel, 221

Felicitas, 6, 7, 15

Fell, Thomas, 70, 80, 86

Fell Fox, Margaret, 70, 79–83, 86, 87, 144, 145, 147, 148, 153

feminism, 38, 51

Fielde, Adele, 108, 112–15, 122, 123

Fletcher, John, 90, 102, 104

Fletcher, Mary, 90, 99–103, 105, 126, 148, 158, 159

Fox, George, 79–82, 86

Francis (pope), 142

Francis of Assissi, 18, 28–31, 34, 45

Frank, Anne, 238

Frank, Betsy, 238

French, Eva, 172

French, Francesca, 172

Fry, Elizabeth, 141–48, 158, 159, 160

Fry, John, 144, 146

Fulbert, 25, 26

Fuller, Margaret, 179

George, Eliza Davis, 126, 136–40

George, Thompson, 137

Graham, Billy, 242

Gregory XVI (pope), 165

Gregory of Nyssa, 4, 11–13, 16

Gregory of Tours, 46

Gulliford, Helen, 231

Gurney, John, 144

Hagin, Kenneth, 221

Hastings, Selina (countess of Huntingdon), 90, 96–98, 104–5

Hastings, Theophilus, 96

Heloise, 18, 19, 25–28, 32, 33, 34, 36

Henry II (king of France), 63

Hilda of Whitby, 17, 19–21, 33

Hildegard of Bingen, 35–42, 49, 148, 255

Hutchinson, Anne, 70, 76–78, 84, 85, 86

Hutchinson, William, 76

Javouhey, Anne-Marie, 161–66, 177–78

Jefferson, Thomas, 116

Jerome, 9–11, 16, 73

Jesus, 18, 29, 32, 34, 43–45, 47, 50, 52, 53, 61, 63, 71, 81, 110, 111, 153, 154, 158, 171, 182

John of Patmos, 36

John of the Cross, 72

Johnson, Samuel, 104, 180

John the Baptist, 58

Judson, Ann, 108

Julian of Norwich, 37, 41–43, 49

Jutta, 38, 39

Kingsley, Mary, 167

Knapp, Phoebe, 185

Kuhlman, Kathryn, 219, 230–34

Lankford, Sarah, 149, 150, 152

Lawson, Jennie, 174, 175

Lee, Jarena, 124, 126–30, 138, 139

L’Engle, Madeleine, 199, 200, 202

Lincoln, Abraham, 183

Lioba, 19, 21–24, 33

Livingstone, David, 166

Louis XII (king of France), 62

Luther, Katarina von Bora, 54, 56

Luther, Martin, 53, 54, 59, 61, 68

Macrina the Younger, 3, 11–13, 15, 16

Marcella, 3, 8–10, 15, 16, 52, 73

Margery of Kempe, 37, 42, 43, 46–50

Marguerite of Navarre, 61–63

Mary Magdalene, 52, 53

Mary of Egypt, 3, 13–16

McPherson, Aimee Semple, 217, 218, 227–34

Mears, Henrietta, 237, 240–43, 252

Melanchthon, Philip, 60

miracles, 21, 24, 38, 73, 74, 86, 217–23

Missionaries of Charity, 244, 245

Moe, Malla, 108, 119

Moody, Dwight L., 135, 209

Moody, Emma, 202, 209

Moon, Charlotte Diggs (Lottie), 115–19, 122, 123, 159

Moon, Edmonia, 116, 119

Moore, Hannah, 180, 183

Morrison, Charles, 168, 169

Morrow, J. D., 211, 212

mysticism, 36, 39, 42, 43, 74, 86, 103

Nation, Carrie, 142, 143, 155–57, 160, 233

Nation, David, 157, 158

Neill, Stephen, 171–73, 177, 178

Nightingale, Florence, 143, 144, 146

Origen, 10

Ormiston, Kenneth, 229, 230

Palmer, Phoebe, 142, 143, 147–52, 158, 160, 185

Palmer, Walter, 149, 150, 152

Paul (apostle), 1–6, 51, 57, 64, 75, 90, 102, 162, 163, 210, 243

Paul VI (pope), 43, 76, 232

Paula, 3, 10–11, 15, 16, 52, 73

Peale, Norman Vincent, 213–16

Peale, Ruth, 202, 213–16

Perpetua, 3, 6–7, 15, 16

Peter (apostle), 2, 52, 127, 139

Phoebe, 2

Pickford, Mary, 227

Poor Clares, 28, 29

Prentiss, Jane, 110–12

Priscilla, 2

Quinn, Anthony, 230

Rachel, 32

Ramabai, Pandita, 219, 223, 235–27, 233, 234

Reed, George, 120

Renée of Ferrara, 54, 62–65, 67, 68

Richardis von Stade, 40, 41, 49

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 139

Roseveare, Helen, 237, 248–51, 252, 253

Rossetti, Christina, 179

Russell, Burtrand, 195

Ryan, Sarah, 98–101, 104, 105

Saint, Nate, 247

Saint, Rachel, 247, 248

Seeger, Pete, 218

Servetus, 57, 67

Shakespeare, William, 42, 43

Shelley, Mary, 179

Simons, Menno, 65

Slessor, Mary, 150, 162, 166–69, 177, 178

Smith, Amanda Berry, 126, 129–34, 138, 139

Smith, Daisy Billings, 202, 210–13, 116

Smith, Hannah Whithall, 134, 150, 158, 159, 181, 193, 195–98

Smith, Oswald J., 210–13

Smith, Robert Pearsall, 193–95

Spaulding, Henry, 112

Spurgeon, Charles Hadden, 202–6, 216

Spurgeon, Susannah Thompson, 199, 202–4, 206, 211, 213, 215

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 207

St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, 60, 61, 65

Stowe, Calvin, 182, 184, 185

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 179, 182–85, 197, 198, 206

Sunday, Billy, 228

Taylor, J. Hudson, 172

ten Boom, Corrie, 235, 237–40, 252, 253

Teresa, Mother, 32, 43, 44, 45, 52, 53, 56, 237, 243–45, 252, 253, 256

Teresa of Ávila, 69–75, 85, 86, 87, 164, 255

Thecla, 1–6, 8, 9, 12, 15

Tilton, Libby, 207–9

Tilton, Theodore, 208

Toy, Crawford, 116

Truth, Sojourner, 136

Tubman, Harriet, 130

Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens), 184

Underground Railroad, 133

universalism, 195

Valdez, Susie Villa, 219, 222–23, 233

Victoria (queen of England), 144, 147, 149, 152

virginity, 8, 11, 16

von Stauffer, Argula, 54, 59–62, 67, 68

Walker, Elkanah, 107

Walker, Mary, 107

Walker, Watt, 222

Waltrip, Burroughs, 231

Watts, Isaac, 186

Wesley, Charles, 95, 96, 97, 102

Wesley, John, 54, 82, 83, 88, 89, 92, 93, 126

Wesley, Molly, 98–101, 105

Wesley, Samuel, 82, 88, 89, 92, 94, 96

Wesley, Susanna, 82, 83, 88–95, 103, 104, 148

Whitefield, George, 90, 96–99

Whitman, Marcus, 108, 110, 123

Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 106–12, 122, 123

Wilberforce, William, 180, 183

Willard, Frances, 143, 155, 157

William of Orange (king of England, Ireland, and Scotland), 82, 90–92

Williams, Roger, 76

Wyclif, John, 42

Zell, Katherine, 51, 52, 54–58, 67, 148

Zell, Matthew, 54–57

Zwingli, Ulrich, 67

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