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Just for the girls in your life, ages 5 and up, this collection of twelve extraordinary stories of women who prayed 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:
Deborah, judge and prophetess
Faye Edgerton, American missionary
Esther, Jewish orphan who became a queen
Elizabeth Fry, angel to the poor and imprisoned
Hannah, unselfish mother
Anne Hutchinson, one of the first women in America to speak up about her faith
Esther Ibanga, pastor in Nigeria
Mahalia Jackson, world-famous gospel singer
Helen Keller, blind and deaf, she made an impact on the world
Lottie Moon, missionary to China
Pandita Ramabai, Hindu-turned-Christian missionary
Phillis Wheatley, slave-turned-writer
The stories of these courageous women will encourage and inspire young girls to become the world-changers God created them to be!
Jean Fischer
Jean Fischer has been writing for children for nearly three decades, and has served as an editor with Golden Books. She has written with Thomas Kinkade, John MacArthur, and "Adventures in Odyssey," and is one of the authors for Barbour's "Camp Club Girls" series. A nature lover, Jean lives in Racine, Wisconsin.
Jean Fischer is a bestselling author of Christian books for children and adults. She has written several devotional books for Barbour, including 100 Extraordinary Stories for Courageous Girls. A nature lover, Jean lives in southeast Wisconsin where she enjoys flower gardening, bird-watching, and maintaining a small urban wildlife habitat in her backyard.
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