“This excellent book is the first volume in what promises to be an invaluable series on the history of women in the Christian tradition. It is a welcome addition to the literature, well grounded, accessible, and able to inform even as it raises consciousness.”—Mary Jo Weaver, Indiana University

“An outstanding work of accessible scholarship. Mary Malone provides us with a continuous narrative of women’s experience across the centuries, and introduces us to a remarkable group of individuals who made history different.”—Dale T. Irvin, New York Theological Seminary

Mary T. Malone recently retired as professor of theology at Toronto School of Theology. She lives in Ireland.