It’s October, and this is my fifth year to dedicate time learning about women from church history this month. It began in 2020 by taking a women in church history class at Heritage College & Seminary. I couldn’t believe how little I knew about Christian women from the past 2,000 years. Hearing their testimonies and stories of God’s faithfulness in their lives has been such an encouragement and blessing to me. It also has reminded me of God’s love and kindness.
I wanted to share a list of books I’ve enjoyed over the past years, and have used as resources.
Books about Christian Women for Kids:
Amy Carmichael: The Brown-Eyed Girl Who Learned to Pray
by Hunter Beless (2023)
Corrie ten Boom: The Courageous Woman and The Secret Room
by Laura Caputo-Wickham (2021)
Fanny Crosby: The Girl Who Couldn’t See But Helped The World To Sing
by Laura Caputo-Wickham (2022)
Betsey Stockton: The Girl With a Missionary Dream
by Laura Caputo-Wickham (2021)
Helen Roseveare: The Doctor Who Kept Going No Matter What
by Laura Caputo-Wickham (2023)
Betty Greene: The Girl Who Longed to Fly
by Laura Caputo-Wickham (2021)
Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman With a Big Dream
by Laura Caputo-Wickham (2021)
Marie Durand
by Simonetta Carr (2021)
Phillis Wheatley
by Simonetta Carr (2021)
Mary Slessor: Forward into Calabar
by Janet & Geoff Benge (2001)
Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime
by Janet & Geoff Benge (1998)
The Hiding Place: A Graphic Novel
by Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth & John Sherrill (2024)
Queen Elizabeth II: The Queen Who Chose To Serve
by Alison Mitchell (2022)
Susannah Spurgeon: The Pastor’s Wife Who Didn’t Let Sickness Stop Her
by Mary Mohler (2024)
The Woman Who Loved to Give Books
by Rebecca VanDoodewaard (2017)
The Woman Who Helped a Reformer
by Rebecca VanDoodewaard
Books about Women in Church History:
Clothed With Strength
by Sarah Allen (2023)
Church History
by Simonetta Carr (2022)
Questions Women Asked: Historical Issues, Timeless Answers
by Simonetta Carr (2021)
Anne Bradstreet
by Faith Cook (2010)
Nine Day Queen of England: Lady Jane Grey
by Faith Cook (2004)
5 Puritan Women: Portraits of Faith and Love
by Jenny-Lyn de Klerk (2023)
Worthy (Celebrating the Value of Women)
by Elyse Fitzpatrick & Eric Schumacher (2020)
Radiant: Fifty Remarkable Women in Church History
by Richard Hannula (2015)
Eight Women of Faith
by Michael A. G. Haykin (2016)
Radiant: Fifty Remarkable Women in Church History
by Richard Hannula (2015)
Sarah Edwards: Delighting in God
by Sharon James (2023)
Ann Judson: A Missionary Life for Burma
by Sharon James (2015)
12 Faithful Women: Portraits of Steadfast Endurance
by Melissa Kruger, ed. (2020)
Women and God
by Kathleen Nielson (2018)
Jesus Through the Eyes of Women: How the First Female Disciples Help Us Know and Love the Lord
by Rebecca McLaughlin (2022)
10 Dead Gals You Should Know: Leaving an Enduring Legacy
by Ian Maddock (2023)
Empowered: How God Shaped 11 Women’s Lives (And Can Shape Yours Too)
by Catherine Parks (2019)
Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More: Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist
by Karen Swallow Prior (2014)
Susie: The Life and Legacy of Susannah Spurgeon, wife of Charles H. Spurgeon
by Ray Rhodes Jr (2021)
Reformation Women: Sixteenth-Century Figures Who Shaped Christianity’s Rebirth
by Rebecca VanDoodewaard (2017)
Feminine Threads: Women in the Tapestry of Christian History
by Diana Lynn Severance (2012)
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Lauren Ducommun 
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