THE WOMEN WHO INSPIRE ME

Today in one of my favorite classes, we discussed the papers all of us had written on women who inspire and encourage us... there were so many wonderful examples. Listening to everyone discuss these wonderful women it made me want to write a couple more papers on a few of them. So begins a blog series on women who inspire me. I have so many women among my friends and family who encourage me, but the more I learn about some of these other women leaders, pioneers, writers, missionaries, I realize how much they also have to teach us. So, in this short series I will write about a few women that have made a difference in my world. Also, for some reason, a good list of such women is a rare find on the internet, so I want to provide that resource for you. Please feel free to comment on this post and add to the list some of the women, past and present, who inspire you.

THE LIST:
Arthur, Kay
Aylward, Gladys
Bevere, Lisa
Blandina
Booth, Catherine
Briscoe, Jill
Carmichael, Amy
Clare of Assisi
Crosby, Fanny
DeMoss, Nancy Leigh
Dryer, Emma
Eldredge, Stasi
Elliot, Elizabeth
Graham, Ruth Bell
Greene, Betty
Guyon, Madame Jeanne
Higgs, Liz Curtis
Judson, Ann
Julian of Norwich
Lotz, Anne Graham
Luther, Kathryn 

McPherson, Aimee Semple
Meyer, Joyce
Moon, Lottie
Moore, Beth
Mother Teresa
Palmer, Pheobe
Perpetua
Pullinger, Jackie
Scudder, Ida
Shirer, Priscilla
Slessor, Mary
Smith, Hannah Whitehall
Sumner, Sarah
Swindoll, Luci
Tada, Joni Erickson
Ten Boom, Corrie 

Teresa of Avila
Truth, Sojourner 

Walsh, Sheila

Wesley, Susanna