Table of Contents
Introduction ix
1 Adah | A Mother Who Encouraged Her Son's Creativity 1
2 Deborah No. 2 | Busy as a Bee 5
3 Bilhah | A Surrogate Wife and Mother 9
4 Shiphrah & Puah | The First Prolife Workers 13
5 Achsah | A Daughter Who Wanted More 16
6 Jael | She Nailed It 19
7 Rizpah | Her Act of Honor Saved Israel from Famine 22
8 Zeruiah | A Mother of Great Influence 26
9 Abishag | A Woman Who Could Not Be Used 29
10 Jehosheba | Preserver of a Royal Seed 33
11 Abijah | Raising a Good Son Despite a Wicked Husband 36
12 Bithiah | A Good Name in a Strange Place 40
13 Huldah | A Woman Who Sparked a Revival 43
14 Vashti | A Woman Who Said No 46
15 Gomer | A Woman Who Became a Sermon 51
16 Tamar No. 1 | Grace Greater Than Our Sin 55
17 Three Marys | Women in the Service of the Lord 59
18 Salome | A Model Mother 63
19 Anna | Growing Old Gracefully 66
20 Joanna | A Woman of Substance 70
21 Dorcas | Raised to Life 74
22 Rhoda | She Left Peter Outside of the Gate 78
23 Damaris | A Seed of Faith 81
24 Phoebe | Pure and Radiant as the Moon 84
25 Priscilla | The Strong Silent Partner 87
26 Julia | Called to be a Saint 91
27 Chloe | Part of the Problem or the Solution 95
28 Euodia & Syntyche | Called to Unity 99
29 Eunice | A Godly Heritage 102
30 Apphia | Welcoming a Prodigal 105
Conclusion 109
Notes 111
