Tales of Virtuous Women

This series recounts the stories of virtuous women from the past – from the earliest days of the Roman persecutions all the way up to our modern era.

Eliza Lucas Pinckney: She Smiles at the Future

There are few young ladies today who relish getting up at 5 AM.  Even fewer make it a habit of…

2 months ago

Mary Custis Lee: Earth is Not Our Home

Mary Custis in 1830 It was a pleasant day in Lexington, Virginia.  All was going on as usual on the…

4 months ago

Karolina Sandell-Berg: Strength I Find to Meet My Trials Here

Sandell Young Karolina had a special relationship with her father, Jonas Sandell. Karolina was a weak and frail child who…

7 months ago

Sibylle of Cleves: Slighting All Worldly Things

Sibylle and John Frederick Duke Frederick “the Wise” of Saxony, the famous defender of Martin Luther, was not the only…

11 months ago

Lady Anne Cunningham: A Lady With Loaded Pistols

It was a crucial moment for the Covenanters. An English army was marching against Scotland to impose the haughty will…

1 year ago

Queen Isabella: Strength is Made Perfect in Weakness

It was a dazzling affair for Princess Isabella.  She was the sister of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, thus…

1 year ago

Narcissa Whitman: Far in Distant Lands to Dwell

Narcissa Whitman It was a simple wedding. It had to be. The bride and groom had only known each other…

1 year ago

Elizabeth Knox Welch: I’d Rather Kep His Head There

The life and testimony of a man is often seen best in the lives of his children.  When we speak…

2 years ago

Mary Brewster: The Chief Lady of Plymouth

Depiction of the First Thanksgiving The smoke curled upward from an open-air fire as the smell of roasting turkey filled…

2 years ago

Anna Reinhard: The Widow of Zurich

A young widow named Anna made her way slowly through the streets of Zurich on a cold January morning in…

2 years ago

Priscilla Alden: Maiden of the Mayflower

If a visitor today to Plymouth, Massachusetts has the patience to seek out a quiet corner of Brewster Gardens, near…

3 years ago

Missionary Sarah Boardman: Bringing the Lost Book

The sun warmed the open fields as the little band moved down the trail.  It was a narrow footpath, and…

3 years ago