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Jeanne Marie Guyon

French religious writer, remembered for the persecutions she experienced because of her views.

Dorothy Day

Founder of the Catholic Worker, activist and social reformer

Grace Hoadley Dodge

American philanthropist, and leader in religious and educational work.

Marguerite of Navarre

French politician, religious reformer, literary patron, and author.

Eva Evelyn Burrows

In 1986 she was elected General of the Salvation Army and was the second woman ever elected to this world-wide position.

“She was the mother of Methodism in a religious and moral sense; for, her courage, her submissiveness to authority, the high tone of her mind, its independence and self-control, the warmth of her devotional feelings, and the practical direction given to them, came up and were visibly repeated in the character and conduct of her son.”