Customer Reviews

100 Christian Women Who Changed the 20th Century

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Helen Kooiman Hosier gave me the beautiful gift of enabling me to get to know and understand the hearts and genius of 100 Christian heroines

Every person on the planet over 12 would benefit from reading this book. Imagine learning the stories of women whose names you have heard, but don't know where they came from, how they got to make a difference in our world, and why they made the choices they made.

I was amazed at the deep faith of women heroines I never knew were Christians.

Here is one example of a name that I have heard all my life: Florence Nightengale. One patient in a hospital said this of Florence Nightengale's impact on him as she made her nightly rounds with her lamp to light her way: "What a comfort it was to see her pass even. She would speak to one, and nod and smile to as many more; but she could not do it all, you know. We lay there by hundreds; but, we could kiss her shadow as it fell and lay our heads on the pillow again content."

This is a very inspirational book with a variety of women who are stronger due to their faith. Very touching.

This collection of brief biographies of 100 women from different walks of life, living in different places, periods and cultures, who each served God in her own unique way is incredibly inspiring and motivational. My 8 year old daughter, who insisted that I read parts of this book to her, actually said this was a "cool" book. My only disappointment is that Oprah Winfrey, who is one of the most high profile God loving women in recent times, was not included.

I have not read this book, but looked through the table of contents and was extremely surprised not to find my own Christian mentor, Elisabeth Elliot, was not one of the women covered. How could the author/editor of this book possibly NOT include such a well-respected, much-loved godly Christian woman as Mrs. Elliot Gren? Her writings, speaking engagements, and radio program, Gateway to Joy, have reached and touched millions of people all around the world, and I find it amazing that she should not be included in this book. E. Elliot is the widow of martyr Jim Elliot, and her book Shadow of the Almighty alone, in the ways it has led so many people to Christ, is enough of a contribution to merit her being one of the "100 Christian Women Who Changed the 20th Century."

It is truly a shame Mrs. Elliot Gren was not written about in this book.